John Cridland said in his CBI tax speech on 19 April when referring to the use of tax havens: But with tax sovereignty must go
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CBI tax misinformation – they support a general anti-avoidance rule
In his speech on tax on 19 April CBI director John Cridland said: We’ve now seen proposals for a General Anti-Abuse Rule, or GAAR. Some
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CBI tax misinformation – 60% of small businesses don’t pay corporation tax
The CBI said in its tax briefing last week that: Corporation tax paid differs by sector due to sector size, profitability and the availability of
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CBI tax misinformation – employers do not meet the cost of employer’s national insurance contributiuons
The CBI made a presentation on tax at David Cameron’s favourite think tank, the Policy Exchange, last week – and made about as many gaffs in doing so as
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CBI hypocrisy
Apologists for tax abuse were out in force at the CBI this week, and on this blog in the form of Mark Lee, commenting here. As
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The European Parliament officially adopts the Tax Justice Network agenda
I reproduce below the motion on tax abuse adopted by the European parliament this week. The Tax Justice agenda has now been adopted by Europe.
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The House of Cameron is built on tax haven money
As the Guardian reports this morning: David Cameron’s father ran a network of offshore investment funds to help build the family fortune that paid for
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Corporate taxation: Parliament pushes for a compulsory common base
The EU parliament has been busy on tax this week. Following Wednesday’s debate on tax evasion yesterday they debated the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base. The following is
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The EU sets out its red lines on Switzerland
Europolitics has an important article on the EU’s attitude to Switzerland this morning, in the form of an interview with Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Semeta. In it he says:
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