I’ve just taken my sons to school and one of the other fathers on school run duty said, rather excitedly “Vince is back”. He referred of course to Vince Cable’s speech to be given today in which he’s expected to say that "murky" corporate practices threaten UK firms and "capitalism kills competition". He’s right of
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There’s another new briefing sheet out, published today, on financial transparency. It’s available for download here and says: Introduction Transparency is at the core of the demand for tax justice. But what is it? What do campaigners mean when they say they want increased transparency? This paper seeks to provide a concise answer to that
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It’s Christian Aid Week. The Christian Aid week report is published today – just about the worst day imaginable to get coverage! But, as Christian Aid say of heir report: Manchester United tops a new Football Secrecy League published today by international development agency Christian Aid to highlight the secrecy offered by tax havens, and
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  I’m delighted Tax Research was part of a massive global coalition of civil society organisations with a shared focus on corrupt practices that called last week on the G-20 countries, in advance of their global summit meeting this year in Toronto, Canada, to tackle the issue of illicit financial flows. Call for G-20 action
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FT.com / Columnists / GillianTett – Now is the time to inject some genuine transparency. As Gillian Tett says in the FT: The SEC thinks that Goldman did is rig a CDO deal in a way that allowed it (and its hedge fund clients) to make fat profits. This is the banking equivalent, if you
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On 17 February the editor of Taxation magazine, Mike Truman, wrote an article under the title ‚ÄòLack of Evidence’, the summary of which said: The claim that poor countries lose $160 billion in tax from ‚Äòtransfer mispricing’ has been repeated endlessly. MIKE TRUMAN finds it hard to justify KEY POINTS Two Christian Aid reports claim
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Does the ownership of Leeds United matter? It does if you value fans | David Conn | Sport | guardian.co.uk . David Conn is right: Knowing who owns your football club is not a cure for all the world’s ills nor is it even a route to sane and well-run football clubs. The core reason
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There are many reasons to get angry about the financial crisis. One is that the people and countries with least responsibility are paying the highest price – as is also true of climate change. Another reason is that the G20 group of leading countries has already broken a key promise to the poorest. But European
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Chile Passes Tax Law to Improve Transparency ¬´ Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development. The Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development, of which Tax Research LLP is a member, welcomes the news that Task Force Partnership Panel member Chile has enacted legislation enhancing access to bank information for the purposes of
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