I was on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 twice this morning. You can listen again here, and here.
The Big 4, tax havens and tax avoidance
I am on BBC Radio 4's The Today Programme this morning at 8.30 (ish) to discuss the role of the Big 4 firms of accountants
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Osborne: whichever way he goes we all lose
For all practical purposes the Autumn Statement is a budget statement, and so tomorrow has all the expectation that goes with such an event. What
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Wealth – and why we should tax it
I am attending a discussion on wealth taxes this morning. In that context I noticed this on the Ekklesia web site as part of my
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Media Training: Introduction to Illicit Finance, Financial Secrecy & Asset Recovery
The Tax Justice Network is helping put together a remarkable new initiative. This blog contains an invitation to participate. It is directed primarily at journalists;
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The IMF’s recognition of the importance of capital controls is a vital step in the tackling of tax havens
The idea that capital has free movement to roam where it will has been at the heart of the neoliberal project. It did not have that right
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Why tackling tax avoidance is vital if we are to have justice in this country
The PCA report’s forward summarises just why tax avoidance is such a problem in this country. The committee says: Transparent, predictable and fair taxation is
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The Public Accounts Committee is being fair: it lacks confidence in HMRC but has no more faith in multinational corporations
The Public Accounts Committee has little faith in H M Revenue & Customs’ willingness to collect corporation tax from multinational corporations, and I think rightly so. In fairness, it has no more faith
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The Public Accounts Committee “lacks confidence” in HMRC
The Public Accounts Committee has held its review into H M Revenue & Customs’ management of the tax affairs of multinational corporations and now it has spoken
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