It looks like the UK is not the only place that takes a soft touch approach to tax crime and a hard line approach to benefits crime.
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My Tax Justice Network colleagues Nick Shaxson and Sol Picciotto are in the FT this morning. Their argument is a simple one. They say: It is time for
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I wrote yesterday about the farce of the tax information exchange agreements that have been signed by many tax havens / secrecy jurisdictions in response to OECD demands in
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Have you heard about the miners in Zambia who pay more tax than the multi-national mining company they work for? How do these corporations get
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In 2009 the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said it was going to crack down on tax havens by demanding that they open themselves to
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The FT reports this morning that it has seen draft measures being considered by the EU designed to tackle tax avoidance. So have I. And amongst them
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The Guardian reports Vince Cable on the Andrew Marr show, yesterday: Vince Cable, the business secretary, has said the government needs to “beef up” its
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Jersey is beginning to show signs of paranoia when it comes to its tax haven status. On and off record its tetchiness is becming increasingly
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Sometimes I make a quote to the press I just know they’ll use. Not always, of course. Not even often, maybe. But some work. I
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