Ed Miliband’s announced a new initiative today that is sure to resonate around the offshore world. As I understand it he, in essence, has said
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KPMG in the Isle of Man admits the island may be used for egregious tax avoidance
The Isle of Man Today website noted last week: MOVES by the UK Treasury to introduce a general anti-avoidance tax rule could impact negatively on the Isle
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It’s darned annoying when S & P get it right
Justifying their Eurozone downgrades yesterday S & P said: As such, we believe that a reform process based on a pillar of fiscal austerity alone
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What does Ed Balls mean?
I am disappointed as the next Keynesian if Ed Balls said this morning that he supports the Tories’ cuts. He hasn’t, at least as far
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Tax evasion in football through offshore, WAGs and trusts? Surely not?
Sporting Intelligence reports this morning that: Leading football clubs are being heavily targeted by HMRC over perks afforded to players and WAGs — partially because
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Limited liability is permeable after all – shareholders can now pay for a company’s crime
A couple of days ago I suggested that limited liability should be removed from a company in the event that it abused certain standards if they were made
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To bridge the deficit, collect some taxes
David Callahan has written a blog under the above title on the Reuters web site. As he notes, the simple fact is that around the world deficits are largely
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The tax profession, tax havens and fraud: an ongoing saga
As the Telegraph reports: The Treasury has closed a tax avoidance scheme that could have cost £1.5bn after a tip off that artificial trading companies
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The new economics of social democracy, or why our only viable option is for the state to spend more
The Guardian’s reported that Ed Miliband has said: What has social democracy been about in Britain and in Europe perhaps since Tony Crosland? It is about
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