I noted this report in the Jersey Evening Post today: A decision to authorise the largest-ever States grant to Jersey Finance will help ensure the
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Time for investors to take tax seriously, even if they don’t know how to do it
Reuters have reported that: Many investors with a ‘socially responsible’ mandate say they have long taken account of companies’ tax practices when deciding where to
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How come so little transfer pricing is investigated by H M Revenue & Customs?
Reuters have reported this morning that: Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said the amount of ‘tax under consideration’ from large businesses, in relation to
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If the day of the rogue accountant and lawyer is over soon we should all celebrate
The FT has reported this morning: Middle-class professionals are to be targeted in a new crackdown on tax evasion promised by the chief prosecutor of
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Compass calls for Plan B + 1
A year ago the Compass think tank published its Plan B for the economy. I was one of the authors. Together the authors rejected austerity
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The Swiss put on notice: cooperate or else
World Radio Switzerland has just reported: Switzerland has six months to improve its tax practices or it will be blacklisted by the European Commission. That’s
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The ATOS approach to work assessment is the flip side of tax abuse
I’m sometimes asked why I fight tax abuse. The answer is simple right now: it is because we seem to have a political choice between
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Don’t be fooled by the headlines: Cayman is not giving up on secrecy
The FT has a somewhat misleading headline this morning. It says: Cayman Islands to open up to scrutiny The truth is a little different because as
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Let’s face it: we fell off a cliff in 2009 and we’ve not gone anywhere since
I liked this from Owen Tudor on the TUC’s Touchstone blog: New World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu joked this week that he was running out
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