The International Centre for Tax and Development at the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Sussex has put out this call for research proposals. I would strongly recommend it
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Last night’s Panorama
I’ve now watched last night’s Panorama. I found the editing a little annoying. I think the investigation diligent and accurate. I have worked on the issue of tax
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Crisis for the Crown Dependencies
The Times (behind paywall) noted last night: That should be a fun event. But it’s not news to any of the participants. All that’s news
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Oxfam joins the tax justice debate in the UK
Oxfam has joined the tax just debate in the UK. In a new blog Chris Johnes, Director of its UK Poverty Programme has said: Against
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The UK’s ‘son of FATCA’ for the Crown Dependencies
On Friday it was reported by International Tax Review that the UK was seeking to impose what is known as a ‘son of FATCA’ provision on the
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The OECD agree the TUC and Tax Justice Network were right on the tax problem. Now they just need to agree the solution
In 2008 I wrote The Missing Billions for the TUC. Perhaps the most significant finding was this: For the top 50 companies in the FTSE
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The UK, France and Germany scrape the bottom of the petty cash tin to tackle tax avoidance
TJN blogged this yesterday. It’s too important not to share. TJN’s Senior Adviser Sol Picciotto and writer Nicholas Shaxson mentioned this in their Financial Times comment
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