The UK government when seeking an assessment of the problems tax havens cause asked the Oxford Centre for Business Taxation to do the work. They
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The Office for National Statistics has issued a new report entitled “The effects of taxes and benefits on household income, 2007/08”. Not the most gripping
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The FT has reported: Visa, the world’s largest electronic payments network, on Wednesday reported higher third-quarter profit as consumers increasingly turned to credit, debit and
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Is HMRC Getting Desperate in Tax Haven Clampdown?. “Shlter Offshore” – unsurprisingly – says it is, but the telling line is: The truth of the
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Inheritance and Entrepreneurship Fail ¬´ Left Outside. More comment on why the Taxpayer’s Alliance have bizarrely linked Inheritance Tax rates and entrepreneurship. Best line: Anyone
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PwC and KPMG greasing the government contract wheel? | AccMan . Dennis Howlett on KPMG and PWC ……. and the Tories. Why are thyey donating
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UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return, Hid $8 Million in Secret Swiss Bank Accounts (2009-07-28). Jeffrey P. Chernick, of Stanfordville, N.Y., pleaded
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Ernst & Young have published their latest “Tax policy and controversy briefing: A quarterly review of global tax policy and controversy developments”. On page 13
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Oxford Journals (linked, of course, to the University of the same name) says in its FAQs: What is a ‘Conflict of Interest’? Any financial interests
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