From the Daily Mail this morning: The Big Four accountancy firms are the greatest threat to democracy on the planet because of their activities in
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Putting foxes in charge of the chicken run
The FT’s reported this morning that: One of the UK’s most senior accountants will serve as the first non-executive chairman of the Financial Conduct Authority,
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Australia joins the campaign for country-by-country reporting – watch the video
Micah Challenge in Australia has launched a campaign in support of country-by-country reporting, linked to information about tax dodging through tax havens. Take a look
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Where are the profits? That’s the question in Helsinki this week
I begin four days on the road today – I’m off to Helsinki. The Tax Justice Network and Finnish government are jointly hosting a technical conference on issues relating
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I’m overdue to post this talk from TED – the one they banned because they din’t like someone saying the rich should be taxed
Go here to watch the video TED banned – because they didn’t like the idea that tax cuts for the rich do not create jobs. Which is true. But
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If there’s fiscal union for the Eurozone there will also be a new European Union Savings Tax Directive
Just a naughty little though, but if there’s to be fiscal union for the Eurozone then Austria and Luxembourg could no longer object to the
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Vodafone’s not paying any tax in the UK: get used to it, because that’s what George planned
As the Telegraph reports this morning about Vodafone’s accounts for the year to March 2012: The company saw its global corporation tax bill go up by £300m to
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Come on George, pull the other one
So George Osborne wants to blame the Eurocrisis for problems in the UK? He’s got to be kidding. Way back in May 2010 (it seems
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In case you ask – the €100 billion Spain will get was made out of thin air – at no cost to anyone
Spain is to get €100 billion to bail out its banks. That money has come out of thin air. See here for an explanation. It
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