My work on the tax gap, with the Tax Justice Network was referred to on BBC’s Question Time last night. Watch here. Started at 43.00
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Africa Tax Spotlight 2010: tax competition, tax incentives
The latest edition of Africa Tax Spotlight, the newsletter of the Tax Justice Network for Africa has just been published. The theme of this issue
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The EU must release Africa’s tax revenues
From the blog of the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development: A debate was held on transparency and extractive industries in Africa at
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Vince needs to read this
Vince Cable was on Question Time last night. He’s still not looking comfortable in his role, and his rhetoric came in for criticism, especially if
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George lets VAT cats off his tax hook
Great headline, I think. It’s in the Mirror this morning. The story says: George Osborne is exposed as a hypocrite for talking tough over a
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Plan B for Jersey – the saga continues
As some will know, Colin Powell, the man many think behind all power in jersey, one time head of its civil service, then head of
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If there is a bond god he’s not omnipotent
Danny Alexander, George Osborne, Vince Cable, Nick Clegg and David Cameron all believe in a bond god. They’re not alone. As Paul Krugman has put
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Ireland: how not to tackle a deficit and the opportunity it gives to Labour
Ireland is heading back for recession. Just a week after Danny Alexander said British cuts were essential to tackle the sorts of problem Ireland had
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I was a banker and I want a financial transaction tax
That’s not me. That US Congressman Pete Stark writing in the FT saying: Before I came to the US Congress, I was a banker —
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