Funding 

The Centre receives financial support from a number of sources. All current and past funding is detailed below.

The Centre for Business Taxation is an independent research centre of the University of Oxford, based at the Saïd Business School and drawing on the expertise of the Law Faculty and Economics Department as well as academics from other universities worldwide.

The Centre’s research programme is determined on the basis of academic merit and policy relevance, and is the responsibility of the Director and the Centre’s Steering Committee. Decisions on the research programme and the content of research are taken independently of the views of the Centre’s donors and other funding agencies. All research carried out at the Centre is undertaken with a view to publication.

The Centre has no corporate views: views expressed in publications produced by the Centre are the responsibility of the authors. While Centre researchers may consult with donors and other external interested parties, final responsibility for the content and presentation of the research lies with the researchers in consultation with the Director and the Steering Committee.

The Centre complies with the University’s policy on conflict of interest.

Economic and Social Research Council

The Centre gratefully acknowledges the significant funding it receives from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).  

The Centre has received three grants from the Council:

• Multinational Companies, Taxation and Welfare: an investigation using microdata  Ref: RES-062-23-0163
• Business, Taxation and Welfare  Ref:  RES-060-25-0033
• Company births and deaths: investigating the tole of taxation
  Ref:  RES-194-23-0012

Project specific funding

The Centre accepts commissions to carry out independent academic research from government and non-governmental organizations.  It does not and will not accept commissions from any organisation where the independence of the Centre might be compromised or where a potential conflict of interest might arise. 

The Centre has carried out research funded by the following organizations: 

European Commission
Study on the economic effects of the introduction of a combination of the allowance for corporate equity  (ACE) and the comprehensive business income tax (CBIT) corporate taxation systems. (TAXUD/2007/AO-007) 

Department for International Development
Tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax expenditures in developing countries: A review of the literature

International Growth Centre (IGC)
The Taxation of Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries 

Donations from companies

The Centre for Business Taxation was founded using generous funding from companies from the Hundred Group. Subsequently, other companies have also offered us their support.  The Centre is grateful for this financial support, which continues and which is vital to support the work of the Centre.  Companies which have made donations to the University in support of the Centre  are listed below.

Current sponsors

Previous sponsors