I have been musing on why the UK government is proposing to do such a disastrous deal with the Swiss government. A deal so bad
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My, so far, invariably reliable sources on all things Isle of Man have told me that HM Treasury has called in the Isle of Man
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My sources tell me that: The European commission has realised that the [proposed UK and German] DTAs [with Switzerland]  would compromise the EU work on
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Johann Hari, who I’ve never met but admire has written a great editorial comment for the Independent under the above title. The evidence is drawn
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Singapore is the world’s eighth most corrupt nation, according to the Tax Justice Network’s rankings. It is a haven for secrecy and one of the
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I note that TaxNews.com reported last week that: The Isle of Man parliament last week approved two separate sets of regulations modernizing the island’s company
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Who said this?: For all the clever innovation in the financial system, its Achilles heel was, and remains, simply the extraordinary — indeed absurd —
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Want to know more about the Vodafone tax story? Parmy Olson has given a good guide to it in Forbes on her return from maternity
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The ConDems claim “we’re all in this together. Like hell. As the Guardian notes: Britain’s bosses have been accused of greed and ignoring economic reality
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