As announced earlier, the 2012 research workshop co-organised by the Association for Accountancy & Business Affairs and theTax Justice Network, will explore connections between tax avoidance, corruption and
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I note that big business is already seeking to water down Graham Aaranson’s already wholly ineffective proposal for a general anti-avoidance rule. Finance Director reports: Chris Sanger, global
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George Osborne has said he’s going to stop stamp duty avoidance though the use of offshore limited companies tomorrow. And so he should. According to some reports The
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This is just too good not to quote, by Aditya Chakrabortty in the Guardian: Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again
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I’ve just been sent a note on how easy it would be to avoid the new UK – Swiss tax deal and declare nothing to the UK
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Just a note to say I’ll be on…. Discussing the morality of tax.

It’s extraordinary to note that on the day before the government supposedly announces a big crack down on tax avoidance by the wealthy in the UK it has today
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Felicity Lawrence has written a Guardian article under the above title. Please read it. It focuses on what for me is one of the big issues of
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I’ve already explained that the general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) that George Osborne will announce to0morrow will be no such thing, so it’s best to explain why.
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