David Cameron claimed today, when speaking about tax avoidance, that: “With the large companies, that have the fancy corporate lawyers and the rest of it,
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The tax avoidance Cameron won’t tackle
I wrote a paper on tax havens for PCS last year. In it I explained the basis of most tax avoidance, which I said is
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If Clegg thinks a general anti-avoidance principle will close the tax gap, he has to think again
Nick Clegg has said this morning on Radio 4, and as now reported in the Guardian, that the Liberal Democrats intend to remain at the forefront of the
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Swiss bankers may not be honest?
The Guardian reports this morning that: Switzerland’s central bank was embroiled in an insider trading scandal after bank chief Philipp Hildebrand was accused of speculating
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This Hungarian hangover could cost the EU more credibility than a failed euro
That’s the title of an article on the attempted nationalist takeover of the state in Hungary in the Guardian, published yesterday afternoon but which I did not
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Barclays, tax and the cost of fiddling
Barclays has been a long term target of those of us concerned with tax justice, as you will find by searching them on this blog. Our aim has
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Democracy has in all but name already gone in Hungary – where next in the EU?
Paul Krugman posted this on his blog two days ago. I reproduce it as he clearly wants to give maximum coverage to the issue, as do I:
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No wonder HMRC feel outnumbered
HMRC issued their stuff with 20 rebuttals of the allegations made by the Parliamentary Accounts Committee before Christmas. I got sent a copy. I was fascinated by one comment: 17. HMRC have very
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No one should be talking benefit reform until they also talk full employment
The IFS has reported today, according to the Guardian, that: A couple with two children will be £1,250 a year worse off by 2015 as
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