Valentin Petkantchin wrote an article in this morning’s FT attacking the EU’s policy on tax havens. I’ll be unsubtle about the article. It’s confused, illogical,
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There was a stunning editorial on Cayman NetNews yesterday. It was entitled ‘The gap between rich and poor’. I would love to quote it in
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The Guardian (and many others) have reported that Goldman Sachs, which made profits of $9.54bn (£4.9bn) last year, has … revealed that its co-presidents, Gary
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Extraordinary headlines have been used to report the UK Institute of Directors’ (IoD) new report on capital gains tax and inheritance tax. For example, Accountancy
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One of my regular correspondents sent me a mail on Mike Rake this morning. He said (subject to the odd edit or two to protect
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M & S has won the latest round of its claim to offset losses made overseas against taxable profits arising in the UK. The Court
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It always surprises me that Private Eye haven’t coined a name for Sir Mike Rake of KPMG. The word ‘muck’ seems to substitute in there
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As I mentioned some time ago, this site is moderated. I got bored by some people putting up comment that seemed to add to debate.
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Sarah Wykes is Senior campaigner for Global Witness working on corruption and mismanagement associated with oil revenues. I’ve worked with Sarah. She’s committed to this
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