Tax Research UK

These are my links for July 16th through July 24th:

• Small fry using tax havens – ATO - The Australians say tax haven abuse is spreading
• End of an Era? - Forbes.com - Swiss banking is not dead yet, but it looks badly damaged
• Tax havens recommended for investors in holiday homes abroad - Sad isn't it: some people just don't get it that tax havens cause poverty
• BBC NEWS | Business | UK probes Liechtenstein tax haven - £300 million - a gain worth having. It's more than a hospital without PFI. That's the cost tax crooks impose on the UK
• Levinism: The Truth Behind the Obvious Lies - The Sovereign Society promotes the abuse tax haven's facilitate
• FT.com / Companies / Financial services - UBS drive to hold on to UK clients - The rats are leaving the ship…..
• Developing Countries Hurt By Tax Troubles - Forbes.com - Good to see Forbes reporting on this issue, and country-by-country reporting
• Reuters AlertNet - Blog: Tax issues - a humanitarian concern? - Yes, they are
• Tax Justice Focus - Read it!
• Non-dom tax rules ‘unworkable’, tax experts say - Accountancy Age - This is rue: scrapping them is the only viable way forward
• Taxpayer to foot bill for HMRC disc search - ZDNet.co.uk - Kind of hard to think who else might pay. Might be in the nomination stakes for meaningless headline of the year.
• FT.com / Home UK / UK - Heavenly havens - Whose side is the FT really on? The mega riches, of course. This weekend they've run a feature on which tax haven to pick.
• WorldNextWeek-Tax - TJN model in Africa comes in for praise
• Behind the numbers: legal loser - Accountancy Age - Damian Wild makes wise comment
• No onshore or offshore, just good and bad » News » This Is Guernsey - Let me assure Guernsey: offshore still exists, and they are part of it. Unless, of course, they'd prefer (as the US does) that we address them as tax havens. Which is, of course, what Guernsey is.

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