Labour has, according to the Mirror, published the following ten point tax plan: 1 An immediate public inquiry “to establish the harm done to the UK’s tax revenue and consider detailed proposals for reform”. These could include forcing firms and trusts to publish more information.  2. Change the register of MPs’ interests forcing members to
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This press release has been issued by the Chartered Institute of Taxation in the UK this afternoon: The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has said that allowing the public to see the country by country reporting records of companies operating in the EU is not enough to counter growing global scepticism about the fairness of
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I agree with this: EU TAX PLANS WILL ALLOW MULTINATIONALS TO CONTINUE DODGY BUSINESS AS USUAL European Union plans to force multinationals to reveal more about their financial affairs will do little to stop firms’ rampant tax abuse, Christian Aid says today. “The Commission plans will allow multinationals to hide large parts of their global
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The European Union is claiming this afternoon that it is going to demand country-by-country reporting from European multinational corporations in the future. How do I know? Because it is going to publish this: I have to report that this is not true. As the person who created the idea of country-by-country reporting I can tell you that what they are
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Caroline Lucas, the Greens Party MP, tabled the following Early Day Motion in the House of Commons yesterday, supported by Plaid Cymru: PANAMA PAPERS AND THE CONDUCT OF THE PRIME MINISTER RELATED TO HIS TAX AFFAIRS Session: 2015-16 Date tabled: 11.04.2016 Primary sponsor: Lucas, Caroline Sponsors: Williams, Hywel  Saville Roberts, Liz Edwards, Jonathan That this House notes the
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The BBC seem to have decided that I am the person to argue for all tax returns being placed on public record as a consequence of my having very strongly supported this measure for MPs  and members of the House of Lords.  I did several broadcast interviews on the issue yesterday. I note the BBC
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As David Cameron was very clearly failing to deliver any change in the behaviour and practice of the UK’s tax havens as a result of the Panama Papers Paris and Berlin were at least considering what needs to be done to face the threat posed to the world economy by tax havens, including those whose
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The government announced yesterday that: On 12 May, the Prime Minister will host the Anti-Corruption Summit to step up global action to expose, punish and drive out corruption in all walks of life. The summit will seek to galvanise a global response to tackle corruption. As well as agreeing a package of actions to tackle
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Two things happened as a result of yesterday’s announcement with regard to the relationship between the UK and its tax havens by David Cameron in the House of Commons. Firstly, I think he misled the Commons. Secondly, those tax havens did, once again, demonstrate  their refusal to cooperate on the most basic of issues necessary
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