The difficulty of dealing with the mails that have come out of Jersey in the last few days is knowing where to start. There is
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Jersey, what was really said
After discussion, the Tax Justice Network has decided that it is in the public interest to release the documents now in my possession that have
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Jersey – rotten to the core
The Observer published a story today about an email from Jersey that had been sent to it, seemingly inadvertently. Nick Mathiason at the Observer was
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The Independent on Sunday – more coverage of Publish What You Pay and the IASB
The story about the International Accounting Standards Board’s cold shoulder for the Publish What You Pay coalition is to be found in today’s Independent on
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Polly Toynbee gets it right again
Just read it. It’s hard to say anything else about an article entitled ‘Taxes are a moral good, and avoiding your fair share is a
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GSK pay up
Earlier this year I upset Roger Emerson, head of tax at GlaxoSmithKline by the comments I made on page 19 of the report Sustainability published
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The International Accounting Standards Board and Publish What You Pay
Sometimes it’s hard to blog because you’re spending too much time talking to the old fashioned media. This is one such occasion. Amongst the people
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South Africa hits avoidance
News reports suggest that South Africa will publish its long awaited new anti-avoidance legislation next week. This is good news. The legislation should be a
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Slovenia says no to flat tax
English language reports from Slovenia report today that the government has: given up the idea of the flat tax rate because the calculations revealed that
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