This tweet was not good news for tax justice campaigners: #EUGeneralCourt annuls the decision taken by the @EU_Commission regarding the Irish #TaxRulings in favour of
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Really Apple?
The American Interest published an article by my old friend Jim Henry over the weekend under the title ‘The Apple Tax Giveaway’. It began: On
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Who says HMRC does not work for the 1%?
Accountancy Age has the headline this morning that: HMRC forces Apple to pay £137m in back taxes And that is, indeed, what its accounts say.
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The Apple TaxApp: needed on the iTunes App store
Apple is issuing explanations for its tax jaunt to Jersey that are leaving people scratching their heads. There’s good reason for that: the explanations make
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Steven Mnuchin has resolved the debate on the incidence of corporation tax
The FT issued an email last night saying: Steven Mnuchin warns of market fall without tax cuts. The US Treasury secretary warned Congress that US
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Apple, government and engagement
The Guardian reports this morning that Tim Cook of Apple was asked during a Q&A with Apple staff: How important is it for Apple to
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Ireland is morally bankrupt
Colette Browne, a columnist on the Irish Independent wrote on the Apple tax case yesterday. I am going to ignore her comments on tax itself,
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Apple’s tax: a court now has to decide whether Ireland turned a deliberate blind eye to the tax abuse it enabled
The Apple tax appeal begins today: Ireland is saying it does not want the €13 billion the EU says the company should owe and did
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Is withholding tax the way to beat non-taxation?
The FT has just reported that: Apple has been forced to pay ¥12bn of back taxes to the Japanese authorities in a new controversy over
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