Polly Toynbee is typically blunt in this morning’s Guardian. She laments that: Labour never talks up its children’s programme except to the poverty charities. But
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 13th
These are my links for March 13th: Tax avoidance ‘costing up to £40bn a year’ | Politics | guardian.co.uk – The Guardian picks up the
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How bad was the budget?: Quite bad if Jersey can say this
The Jersey Evening Post (the link will only work for a day) has reported on the budget saying: UK Budget: Finance breathes sigh of relief
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PWC Guernsey: Carlyle is a going concern, for at least 15 days
The BBC has reported that: Carlyle Capital Corporation (CCC), a unit of the private equity firm Carlyle Group, has said it will not be able
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The Tax Gap: £1,500 a year for every household
The TUC issued this press release today: HMRC say tax avoidance could be costing every household more than £1,500 a year In a document published
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Deloittes, making themselves look stupid
Accountancy Age has reported that the Budget should raise £1.7 billion form anti avoidance measures, most aimed at companies. This, of course, is welcome, but
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 12th
These are my links for March 12th: Budget reaction: Non dom policy ‘grave disappointment’ – Accountancy Age – Ernst & Young are easily diappointed is
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Tescos: After meeting their tax director I’m convinced they avoided UK corporation tax, and stamp duty too
I met with Tim Voak, Group Tax Director and Emma Reynolds, head of Government Affairs at Tescos yesterday. It’s true that they had not planned
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Tesco’s Stamp Duty Abuse is caught
Tescos was avoiding stamp duty in its Cayman joint ventures. This has been stopped in the budget. The budget notes say: Who is likely to
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