The government has issued this press release this afternoon: The Government has today taken steps to close two aggressive tax avoidance schemes recently disclosed to HM Revenue &
Read the full article…
Now the CBI admits tax avoidance can be abusive even though it’s legal
As the Guardian and other papers have reported, the CBI has: for the first time admitted that “black box” tax schemes devised with the sole
Read the full article…
The Financial Times back country-by-country reporting – and says oil companies should do so too
I’ll never be objective about country-by-country reporting, and I admit it. But none the less I was very pleased to see the FT saying in an editorial this morning
Read the full article…
Is this Lansley’s vision for the NHS?
What’s a responsible business? Try this list David Cameron
The Left Economic Advisory Panel have reminded me that in The Courageous State there is a riposte to Mr Cameron to ‘responsible business’. It’s a 20-point charter setting out that “a good business”:
Read the full article…
Punk economics: the Euro crisis explained in a great video
A welcome step by Obama towards ending corporate tax haven abuse
As FinFacts has reported in Ireland: The Obama Administration has proposed a minimum tax on profits of US companies in foreign jurisdictions that if implemented
Read the full article…
The power of retrospect does not diminish the relevance of the message
The Washington Post published what I thought a very wise op-ed a couple of days ago. It was only when I was well into it
Read the full article…
Let’s face the reality that without real change in policy the deficit will not go away
This is another graph based on budget data from a period of more than a decade, all sourced from HM Treasury. It shows current government income compared
Read the full article…