Mitt Romney’s tax affairs are making headlines. And rightly so. For the second presidential election in a row tax havens are an issue – and
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I make a point of trying to disclose conflicts of interest, sources of funding, potential bias and so on on this blog since you can
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An efficient taxation system has nine attributes with one over-riding characteristic to which they all contribute. An efficient tax system is: 1. Comprehensive — in other
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It’s Davos week. Appropriate growth has to be on the agenda of all present. But so too does something else, and that’s tax evasion. Tax evasion
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HSBC’s ability to appear whenever allegations of tax evasion arise is becoming almost monotonously predictable. Today it’s in the Harry Redknapp case. Yes, it was
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The Guardian has confirmed a trend spotted at the weekend – that Tory support has surged in the last week and Labour’s has crashed. Have
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This is from Left Foot Forward, with permission: Mitt Romney’s week from Hell is about to get worse. On Saturday he was trounced by Newt Gingrich in
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Martin Wolf has a long and thoughtful article on capitalism’s woes in the FT today. I don’t agree with it all, but I do with
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For the second time this morning, I pick up a significant change in sentiment in a news story that suggests real change is afoot. First it was the NHS, now it
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