The £500 million in avoided tax that Barclays will now have to pay could fund full-time jobs above the living wage for all the young
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Could Barclays deliver what Lord Hoffman tried to kill – a return to Ramsey?
My friend, the Undercover Judge, makes a good point on the blog this morning: It will be a great irony if Barclays’ latest jiggery pokery leads to a return
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Swiss banking may not be so impervious to change as we thought – one has broken ranks
Pierin Vincenz, CEO of the Swiss Raiffeisen bank, is the first Swiss banker to call for automatic tax information exchange. For those who read German there is more here.
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Barclays has made the case for a general anti-avoidance principle
I’ve long argued for a general anti-avoidance principle in UK tax law. A recent briefing on this issue is available as a PDF here. Barclays leaves me more convinced than ever
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You’re wrong Laura Kuennssberg
Writing on the ITV web site this morning about Barclays their business correspondent Laura Kuenssberg says: Of course, it makes financial sense for any business to make smart decisions about how,
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I was criticised the other day for suggesting an extra tax on bankers’ bonuses
If you want a one word explanation of the need for a general anti-avoidance principle this is it
It’s time you retracted what you said Bob Diamond
Bob Diamond of Barclays said this in a BBC lecture last year: Soon after the financial crisis of 2008 I was at a meeting in
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Benefit fraud – £1,200 million per annum. Barclays’ abusive tax reclaims – £500 million.
Benefit fraud costs the UK £1.2 billion a year. Yesterday we learned that Barclays tried to claim £500 million of tax back it was not owed.
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