It has struck me, as I think it has others, that the current financial crisis is a challenge to what we perceive ourselves to be
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Europe and tax good governance
The European Commission today has adopted a Communication identifying actions that EU Member States should take to promote "good governance" in the tax area (i.e.
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More on the US attack on credit cards used for tax evasion
Business Today in the USA has reported: US tax authorities moved to force payment-card processor First Data to identify merchant clients who set up offshore
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Britain’s budget doublethink
Tax Justice Network: Britain’s budget doublethink. Something we’ve just noticed. Much attention has been paid recently to the new 50p tax rate in Britain’s budget,
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The banks should pay for the risk they impose
The FT notes: Britain’s “too-big-to-fail” banking groups could be forced to hoard billions of pounds of extra capital as an insurance against future financial crises,
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India’s politicians agree: tax haven abuse has to end
From the Guardian: India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, has made an election campaign pledge to claw back more than $100bn (£68bn) of cash stashed abroad
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Gordon Brown’s indecent love affair
TJN and the round-the-world cyclist
TJN reports an attempt at the round world cycling circumnavigation record. It’s not being done for charity. It is promoting TJN as one of four
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The reality of the Overseas Territories
Hansard reported a debate that took place last Thursday on the British Overseas Territories. The following is an edited selection from that debate: Sir John
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