The latest edition of TJN’s quarterly newsletter, Tax Justice Focus, is available for download here. Guest edited by TJN Senior Adviser, David Spencer, this edition
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The government outsources the process of stopping private sector tax abuse to…the private sector
The government has announced this afternoon that it will appoint an interim advisory group to oversee the development of guidance on the new General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR).
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It’s a long time before debate on a tax general anti-avoidance principle is going to be over
Catherine McKinnell MP spoke at the ICAEW New Era event last evening and added much of value. What is very clear is that she has no intention
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One one point we were all agreed at the ICAEW last night – we need more tax inspectors
There was a point of clear unanimity at the ICAEW New Era meeting last night (well, all bar David Gauke, I guess it’s fair to
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PWC says “it’s not fair to pick on business about tax”
I’ve noted I spoke at the ICAEW’s New Era event last night. Mary Monfries of PWC was also there and in her comments she made
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New Era at the ICAEW?
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales – of which I am a Fellow – had a discussion in a House of Commons committee
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Obama
Four years ago I was excited by Obama being elected. This morning it’s more like releif that Romney was not. And releif that policies like
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Why tinkering with transfer pricing rules will never solve the UK’s tax problem with multinational companies
As the Guardian reports this morning: George Osborne, the chancellor, has joined forces with the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, to announce an international crackdown
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You can’t both demand comprehensive tax laws and tax competition George
George Osborne has demanded the G20 tackle tax abuse by multinational companies. And he has at the same time demanded that he have the right
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