http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2008/05/13/there-is-morality-in-taxation/ Richard Murphy on tax and corporate accountability Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:34:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2008/05/13/there-is-morality-in-taxation/#comment-448148 Tax Research UK / Cayman: time to move on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:24:21 +0000 http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2008/05/13/there-is-morality-in-taxation/#comment-448148 [...] One local attorney, Stephen Hall-Jones, did take up the issue recently in a letter to the editor and he made some very valid observations, including the telling point that he used to believe that there was no moral obligation on the part of any country to impose direct taxation of any kind, which largely coincides with the view expressed as recently as this year by the Chairman of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, Tim Ridley, that paying tax is not a moral obligation. [...] [...] One local attorney, Stephen Hall-Jones, did take up the issue recently in a letter to the editor and he made some very valid observations, including the telling point that he used to believe that there was no moral obligation on the part of any country to impose direct taxation of any kind, which largely coincides with the view expressed as recently as this year by the Chairman of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, Tim Ridley, that paying tax is not a moral obligation. [...]

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