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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The secrecy world turns a blind eye to crime. It’s not news. But it needs to be said
I like the summary of tonight’s Panorama which says Panorama goes undercover to investigate corporate service providers – the people and companies who sell corporate
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Jersey confirms that it is true that the UK is demanding full automatic information exchange from it
The Jersey Evening Post has reported tonight that: AN emergency delegation is flying to London for talks after news emerged of a dispute with the
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Laffer said when tax rates are cut tax revenues will rise
The Laffer curve is based on a simple claim. It is that when tax rates fall tax revenues will increase. That is because tax is
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