Transparency International had this letter in the FT today: The position expressed by the large oil companies (“Shell joins push to dilute EU’s proposed anti-corruption
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The February Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network
The latest Swiss clean up is just another ruse to maintain banking secrecy to let Swiss banks support crime
The Swiss announced measures to maintain banking secrecy, clean up their tax haven yesterday. One of the amusing ones was a suggestion that Swiss banks
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More on anti-business rhetoric, and why Cameron and his friends are the real enemy of free markets
Bloomberg has reported: U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron will urge corporate leaders to defend business and the free markets from “dangerous rhetoric,” less than a month after
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Increase the tax on rents – not just land rents, but all rents – starting with executive pay
It’s a provocative proposition to suggest tax on rents should be increased but it finds support across the political spectrum. There’s an article on rents in the FT this
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There’s not a hope that Osborne can deliver on his growth forecasts
I have collected data from budgets for many years. It’s become something of a habit but I’ve probably not done enough with that information so
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Let’s talk pro-business – because tax abuse campaigners are the strongest pro-business campaigners there are
It’s good to see the Guardian report this morning that: The former boss of Greggs, who built the bakery business into one of the UK’s most
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