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Methodology
The members of the Global Tax 50
represent the choices of the
International Tax Review
editorial team, who decided who
or what they thought has had the
biggest impact on taxation during
the past 12 months. Breaking
down the entire 50 individually
according to the impact they
made in 2016 would require too
granular an approach, so the
magazine list is ordered
alphabetically for ease of
navigation, while online you can
view the top 10 influencers, set
apart for their particular
contributions.
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Global Tax 50 2016
15 December 2016
Now in its sixth year, International Tax Review’s Global
Tax 50 provides a rundown of the most influential
individuals, organisations and geopolitical events in the
tax world. Anjana Haines introduces this year's Global
Tax 50 2016.
The number one spot on
the Global Tax 50 has
been retained by
Margarethe Vestager for a
second year after she
announced the landmark
state aid decision
concerning Apple’s tax
rulings with Ireland. She
has been surrounded by
media attention as a
result of the decision and
has faced a backlash of
criticism from the parties
involved and US
politicians, among others.
In 2016, the Global Tax
50 was topped by Jean
Claude Juncker, the
European Commission president, who found himself in a
maelstrom of media attention and calls for his resignation over
accusations of hypocrisy and conflict of interest in relation to
European Commissions investigations into tax competition and
state aid, following the LuxLeaks scandal. A year earlier, the top
spot was a shared entry, with Amazon, Google and Starbucks
collectively after the public outcry over their tax affairs.
The increased scrutiny of the multinationals’ tax affairs and of
the tax rulings multinationals have with jurisdictions around the
world, though particularly in Europe have driven the changes
that were witnessed in 2016. Through Vestager’s role, more tax
rulings were deemed illegal under state aid rules, while many