It’s been a long evening in Europe. I’m not referring to the fact I’m in Helsinki. Or the fact that Ireland lost to Spain. This
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How can we find £1.8 billion to spy on Facebook but not to pay for sixth form education?
The Guardian has reported: The government’s “online snooping” scheme to track email, Facebook, Twitter and other web use comes with an official pricetag of at least
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The OECD’s arm’s length pricing principles are absolutely anything but that
Michael Durst – formerly of the IRS and in my view one of the world experts on transfer pricing is speaking at the TJN conference
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There is no link between the size of the state and growth
It’s often said that the state has to be shrunk to allow growth to happen. Martin Wolf of the FT produced this graph, and I’ve
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Is income anywhere? Only if we let that be
I’ve just made a presentation on country-by-country reporting at the TJN transfer pricing conference in Helsinki. I did so after the head of transfer pricing
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UK Uncut: challenging the dangerously cosy relationship between HMRC and big business
I have already noted that HMRC’s settlement of five major tax cases on little stronger basis than a negotiation recorded on the back of a
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Hartnett was out of control
Reuters reported this morning on yesterday’s National Audit Office report on Dave Hartnett’s settlement regime at HMRC. As they, kindly, summarise it: While the NAO
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