This is planned UK government spending for this year: The Conservatives are going to keep education fixed. You can be sure debt interest is not
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Flat tax bites the dust
News from Latvia: Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis announced Tuesday that his government would ditch the country’s flat-rate tax system in favour of a form
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Jersey: foundations built on sand
Tax-News.com reports: Jersey’s Privy Council has approved an order allowing Foundations to be set up in Jersey. At a meeting held this week in London,
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Doha? Give us country-by-country reporting instead
This from Hansard: Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the likely effect on levels
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The recession is not over
My Green New Deal colleague Ann Pettifor is in the Guardian: A banker, Alan Clarke of BNP Paribas, citing a NIESR report, confidently tells the
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Tax is a big deal
AccountingWEB in the US has reported the comments of IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman to the OECD on 2 June. He said a lot. I highlight:
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When assets are over-priced systemic failure follows
The FT has noted: Real Madrid’s world record £80m deal for Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United’s Portuguese winger, will destabilise European football, Michel Platini, Uefa’s president,
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