There is of course an answer to the problem of private equity. The UK would not be fleeced by this form of asset stripping if
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Here’s taxbar.com’s top 50 movers and shakers in the tax world (with thanks to ‘Roger Rabbit’ for the tip off). Not a single campaigner in
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Will Hutton was also writing in the Observer this weekend. I’m not a committed fan of Hutton’s. But he’s right about private equity: this is
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I am not a great fan of Sunday newspapers, by and large (and that’s despite having written for one for a while). The reason is
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Try this for a sobering start to the week. Provident Financial will offer you a loan of £500 over 23 weeks repayable at £32 a
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I recently mentioned my occasional involvement in the campaign to impose an interest rate cap on those lenders who charge exorbitant fees in the secondary
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Accountancy Age are asking this question in an on-line poll. I have my own opinion. I thought I’d encourage others to express theirs. Vote here.

Companies the world over seem to call for two things. The first is a simplified tax code. The second are lower tax rates. Nowhere though
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People sometimes ask why the Tax Justice Network links tax and corruption quite so closely. This morning the FT reports: Vetco International, the UK oil
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