Philip Stephens notes in the FT this morning that: The anxious chatter in Europe is about an axis of authoritarianism. Poland is becoming the new
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Why the Conservatives MEP voted against stopping tax avoidance
I am grateful to Carol Wilcox who wrote to her Conservative MEP to ask why he had voted against the resolution in the EU parliament
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The EU’s role as a catalyst for tax reform
I am presenting a paper on the EU and tax at a seminar at the House of Lords today organised by GREEN, which in this
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Message to Jean-Claude Junker: will you publicly back EU efforts to make business fairer?
This post was written jointly by Gavin Hayman of Global Witness and me and first appeared on the Global Witness blog today: Plenty of column
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The EU has, at long last, got full tax information exchange and that’s bad news for the UK’s tax havens
I have been campaigning on issues relating to the European Union Savings Tax Directive since 2005, at least. It was, therefore, pleasing to note that Bloomberg
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Luxembourg and Austria go out of their way to help tax crime
As the European Voice has noted: EU Finance ministers fail to reach deal on tax avoidance That’s the depressing out come of yesterday’s ECOFIN meeting. As was also noted:
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Before anyone sings Osborne’s praises on information exchange let’s remember he is the only person to sign a Rubik deal with Switzerland
The Guardian reported this today: George Osborne will step up his campaign to toughen developed countries’ stance on tax havens and company tax transparency by urging
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Will tomorrow be the day for the European Union Savings Tax Directive?
According to a report from Reuters: Austria will drop its opposition to the routine sharing of bank account data with its European Union partners as
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Luxembourg agrees to full automatic information exchange – removing obstacle on the path to beating tax fraud
The FT has noted: Luxembourg is ready to share currently confidential information about multinationals’ bank accounts as part of efforts to shed the Grand Duchy’s
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