In a country like Spain, with a deficit close to 3% of GDP and a debt that breaks all records, it is relevant to know that the tax losses resulting from tax avoidance were... almost 30 billion euros Between 2016 and 2021. And yes, this period includes when we were buying face masks and thousands of people were on furlough. So, we know the total amount of tax avoidance, but not the identity of the multinational corporations responsible. Why don't we know? Because of political pressure from these same companies, the complicity of some politicians, and the acquiescence of others.

The Treasury had a total of €43.797 billion outstanding in 2024, 4.2% more than the previous year. Although the total figure was €48.78 billion, a 16% increase, the adjustments carried out up to last June to eliminate falsified or incorrectly attributed tax returns reduced the amount to €43.797 billion, according to the Spanish Tax Agency.

The seemingly impossible is just around the corner. The group of the world's most developed economies, the G7, announced on Saturday a "historic" agreement on reforming the global tax system, according to British chancellor Rishi Sunak. The ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, Italy and Japan have agreed to commit to at least a 15% minimum corporate tax rate. The agreement will also require multinational tech giants to make their tax contribution, he added in a statement posted on Twitter.