Tax Justice Network: UN tax committee warms up for its new mandate. Optimistic noises from the UN I hope they fulfill their promise
The UK and the Crown Dependencies: William Wallace
The world does not stand still; and the Channel Islands cannot expect to be unaffected by developments beyond their shores. A concerted drive by major
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Austria bites the dust
Well, it’s given up banking secrecy But it took pressure from the European Investment Bank to make it do it Sanctions work Which is good
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Media guidelines: Reporting the TaxPayers’ Alliance
An Ode to Responsibility
From Tom Cardamone on the Task Force blog: An Ode to Responsibility Rogues may think us simpletons, dullards or bleaters, We’re certainly not Gateses, Bonos
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Mad, bad or just plain stupid?
The Wall Street Journal has run an Op Ed by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., a member of its editorial board. Published under the title “Does
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The US does not get judgment
IFRS could well fail in the US | AccMan . IFRS requires (gasp) judgment and that’s something that’s anathema to the US way of doing
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In praise of Lord Wallace
Lib Dem peer Lord Wallace has a letter in the Guardian today: Your editorial welcoming action to force tax havens to loosen the bonds of
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Turner: going behind the headlines
Much will be made of Lord Turner’s comments, made yesterday, that the City had grown "beyond a reasonable size", accounting for too much of British
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