I’d love to believe in the ICAEW Tax Faculty’s project in what they say is ‘thought leadership’ called ‘Towards a Better Tax System’. The only
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Tax avoidance is bad for your image
Accountancy Age reports that Michael Parkinson has dropped out of the totally artificial tax planning schemes organised by UK accountants Vantis. The schemes involved four
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Tax justice on Radio New Internationalist
John Christensen of Tax Justice Network and Nick Shaxson, an adviser to it, both feature prominently in a podcast for New Internationalist on tax justice
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Will changing the private equity rules increase tax paid?
One of the regular challenges I face is the suggestion that whatever changes to the tax rules are made the rich will never pay tax.
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The pleasure of blogging
I’ve got to say one of the best things I’ve decided to do in the last couple of years was to start this blog. I
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Paying NIC is no substitute for corporation tax
I’m bored by the argument created by PWC and rolled out on BBC news last night by the CBI and even by HMRC that if
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A gentle plea for calm from HM Treasury
When the government puts out a press release saying that reasoned argument is ‘ridiculous’ you know that something is wrong. That’s what they did yesterday
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Prem Sikka on the IASB
Prem Sikka has a blog column on the Guardian site. Today he argues: International accounting standards are colonialism in another guise, allowing tax avoidance while
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When the world lives in fear of progressive taxes
The was an article in the Polish press yesterday with the title: Poland’s progressive tax system could alienate investors As the story said: Finance experts
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