I liked this comment on comments on a blog I read this evening: 1. Obscenity will get your comment deleted; I suspect that a fair
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The average expected middle class inheritance tax bill is £4,000
The Financial Times has reported that the average middle-class family expect to leave £335,000 to their offspring. If this were to only come from one
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Ireland stands in the way of tax reform
The Irish Times has noted: The [Irish] government has told the European Commission that imminent moves to introduce pan-European rules on the taxation of business
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Are US municipal bonds the next tipping point?
I’ve been saying US municipal bonds may be the harbinger of the next banking crisis since the middle of last year. I note the FT
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People now think the cuts are unfair – and they haven’t happened yet
There’s a fascinating analysis by Nigel Stanley of the TUC on the Touchstone blog this morning commenting on a YouGov poll on people’s attitudes towards
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Barclays, tax havens and how to describe it
Bob Diamond was before the Treasury Select Committee yesterday. Chuka Umunna, MP fr Streatham, was one of those questioning him. And as the Daily Mail
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Not everyone likes ‘Treasure Islands’
It seems not everyone is convinced by Nick Shaxson’s new book, ‘Treasure Islands’. Anthony Travers of Cayman Finance is one of them. I guess his
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