2013 January 04

If anyone lacks moral scruples on tax avoidance it is David Cameron

Posted on January 4 2013

The Telegraph has reported today that: Foreign companies like Starbucks and Amazon which have avoided paying large corporation tax bills in Britain lack “moral scruples”,
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Swiss banking is criminal, but we’re letting it run a part of the UK tax system nonetheless

Posted on January 4 2013

The New York Times has reported: Switzerland’s oldest private bank on Thursday admitted to helping Americans evade United States taxes, the first time a foreign
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Depardieu and Putin: partners in tax depravity

Posted on January 4 2013

Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted French actor Gerard Depardieu Russian citizenship. Why? So that Depardieu can pay tax at 13% in Russia (subject, of course,
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Cutting off the Vatican is exactly the right thing to do

Posted on January 4 2013

The FT notes this morning that: A stand-off between two titans of finance, the Bank of Italy and the Vatican, has forced tourists to abandon
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