Bloomberg has reported today that: European soccer ruling body UEFA is asking U.K. authorities to investigate two so-called letterbox companies that helped Porto (FCP)fund a player transfer. For
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A new campaign has been launched today called Move Your Money. The logic is simple: if you don’t like the behaviour of the bank you’re
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The Tax Justice Network has just launched a new monthly podcast – The TaxCast. In each 15 minute show, TJN will be discussing the latest
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From Paul Krugman, yesterday: The infuriating thing about this tragedy [of a recession] is that it is completely unnecessary. Half a century ago, any economist
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Reuters reported today that: Switzerland must tackle the problem of untaxed money in secret accounts and also must ensure the central bank does not become a
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This was drawn to my attention today by Alex Andreou and I copy this from his blog: I was interested to see the following announcement
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This data from the New York Times makes clear who has benefited most and least from the US recession: So companies have won and paid less tax
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Matt Sissons has reviewed my book The Courageous State on the Why Politics? blog. I won’t reproduce the whole review, and it’s fair to note
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Up to 20,000 HMRC staff are expected to strike at some time tomorrow. The reason why they’re doing so is simple: HMRC, in the face of damning
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