Casgliadau i gloi ICESCR 2025, paragraff 21

UN recommendation

Argymhelliad Cymreig clir

Dylai’r Llywodraeth:
(a) Gwneud mwy i frwydro yn erbyn llifoedd arian anghyfreithlon, efadu trethi, a thwyll – yn enwedig gan bobl gyfoethog a chwmnïau. Gwnewch hyn drwy greu rhestrau o gwmnïau ac ymddiriedolaethau sy’n gofyn am archwiliadau gofalus i sut maen nhw’n gwneud busnes a sicrhau bod y rhestrau hyn ar gael i’r cyhoedd. Bydd hyn hefyd yn helpu gwaith arall sy’n digwydd yn rhyngwladol i atal llif arian anghyfreithlon a bydd yn cefnogi gwledydd eraill sy’n ceisio ennill arian i gefnogi hawliau economaidd, cymdeithasol a diwylliannol;
(b) Stopio a chosbi’r defnydd o gwmnïau ffug sy’n cael eu creu i symud arian o gwmpas, osgoi trethi neu gyflawni twyll. Gwneud hyn drwy gryfhau cyfreithiau ac amddiffyn y bobl sy’n rhoi gwybod am y troseddau hyn;
(c) Adolygu’n annibynnol sut mae rheolau cyfrinachedd ariannol a threth gorfforaethol yn effeithio ar economïau gwledydd sy’n datblygu y tu allan i’r DU.


Original UN recommendation

The Committee recommends that the State Party, along with the devolved governments, the relevant authorities of the Crown dependencies and the overseas territories:
(a) Strengthen efforts to combat illicit financial flows, tax evasion and fraud, particularly by wealthy individuals and businesses, by establishing public registries of companies and trusts with mandatory due diligence, thereby supporting international initiatives to that effect and helping other States to mobilize resources for realizing economic, social and cultural rights;
(b) Prevent and punish the use of shell companies for profit-shifting, tax evasion and fraud by strengthening its legal framework and reinforcing whistle-blower protection measures;
(c) Conduct an independent, participatory impact assessment of the extra-territorial effects of its financial secrecy and corporate tax policies on the economies of developing countries.

Date of UN examination

12/03/2025

Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf ar 21/08/2025