Seems like the long quoted estimate of 60% of world trade being between related parties is now out of date. 70% of world trade is
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I think it worth reproducing what Stephen Timms has said on country-by-country reporting. I do, of course, have a special interest in this — having
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The OECD statement on tax and development I referred to this morning is here. Stephen Timms’ speech is here. For those who want to check
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30 years of ‘Market knows best’ have damaged fairness | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC. Brendan Barber says on the TUC
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From the Financial Task Force blog: "A new GFI report due out later this week, The Implied Tax Revenue Loss of Trade Mispricing, finds that
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Will Morris of GE Capital is on the platform challenging the call for country-by-country reporting at the OECD. I know Will — and he’s a
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Stephen Timms is saying: Tax opacity helped cause the crisis Support for the banking sector has focussed attention on the issue The reality is all
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Attiya Waris of Tax Justice Network is addressing the OECD meeting. She says there are seven key words in tax: Transparency Accountability Responsibility True Fair
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Joel Tan-Torres, Commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the Philippines has offered reasons why it is so hard for developing countries to collect
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