I am very bad at admitting I am under the weather. And worse still at resting. But today I have to give in and go
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The January Taxcast: listen now
The January 2013 Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network is out. In this month’s edition: A significant ruling against Dell in Spain, India shelves rules that would have
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HMRC’s new board appointees: more from the Big 4 and big business. No wonder we don’t collect tax
HMRC announced new board appointments yesterday. I have no doubt the new people all have merits: nothing I say suggests otherwise. But we now have
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The world produces enough food for everyone and all could share in it, if only: a major new campaign
Christian Aid and a host of other development agencies launch a major new campaign today, which I warmly endorse. As they say (including a massive endorsement for country-by-country
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Before the Lords this afternoon
Despite feeling absolutely grotty this morning I am dragging myself to London to give evidence before the House of Lords Finance Bill Sub-Committee this afternoon. The evidence I
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The financial transaction tax is on its way
Fantastic news from Europe, via the BBC: EU ministers have given the go ahead for 11 eurozone members, including France and Germany, to prepare a new
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It’s time to increase the tax on unearned income. It’s so glaringly obviously true why will no one say it?
George Monbiot has an excellent article on tax in the Guardian this morning. At its core is an argument for land value taxation, which he explains has long had
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Barclays US wealth management had a “fear and intimidation” culture
I’m not sure why anyone is really surprised by this report in the FT, because it simply backs up exactly what I would have expected to be happening at
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What planet are KPMG on when it comes to fraud? Could it be the one the Big 4 don’t audit?
I am not sure what planet KPMG are on. The FT report this morning that: The total value of large frauds reported by UK corporates
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