Daniela Platsch, Walter Palmetshofer This talk is an update on what happened in the last year in the international taxation sphere. We will also provide a quick overview of the international taxation system. The topics of our talk will be: - Paradise Papers: After the famous #LuxLeaks and #PanamaPapers, the Paradise Papers were published in November 2017.  A set of 13.4 million confidential electronic documents relating to offshore investments 19 tax jurisdictions. We will provide a summary, show the biggest cases, and demonstrate how this is a structural problem. - How many billions our favourite tech companies (Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft,...) evaded in taxes - The European Commission and parliament's positions on the European “tax heaven issues.”   - Structural issues and why this an endless story We will explain what a Double Irish Sandwich is and why international corporations like Google only pay 2.4% taxes. And how your favourite tech companies (Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft,...) evaded billions in taxes. This tax-dodging costs the European Union more than $50 billion. Annually. We bring this number into perspective. And why you pay more. And why this boring issue is one of the biggest questions of our time. Won't be boring.