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France moves towards country-by-country reporting for its banks

Posted on February 7 2013

From Paris, courtesy of Christian Chavagneux and Mathilde Dupré: “Last night the Finance Commission of the French Assembly voted to force French banks to publish
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The government will wait until the end of 2014 to stop tax avoidance in the gambling industry – nearly three years after spotting the problem

Posted on February 7 2013

I noticed another exchange on tax avoidance in parliament yesterday, this one on gambling taxation, no doubt motivated by last week’s report in The Independent in which I commented.
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HMRC are going to lose more than 6% of staff tackling tax avoidance and evasion in the next year

Posted on February 7 2013

I noticed an exchange in Parliament yesterday, albeit in written answers, in which Catherine McKinnell MP asked David Gauke MP, the minister she shadows: How many staff he expects to
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Nick Clegg really does not understand his government’s General Anti-Abuse Rule or what it does – and that’s going to come back and bite him hard

Posted on February 7 2013

Nick Clegg delivered his speech on tax fairness this morning, and I was duly sent a copy by his office. It was a disappointing affair,
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It’s time for the Netherlands to stop acting like a tax haven – including on hiding corruption

Posted on February 7 2013

My friends at Global Witness have issued an important press release this morning, saying: As the scandal grows around a Nigerian oil deal involving Shell
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It’s time to print money to fill the hole in the economy

Posted on February 7 2013

The FT reported yesterday (and I missed it then) that: Lord Turner, the departing chairman of the Financial Services Authority has defended financing government spending by printing
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Cyprus is just one centre for ’round tripping’. Three simple reforms could stop it for good

Posted on February 7 2013

As the FT reports this morning: In June, Cyprus became the fifth country in the eurozone to request an international bailout after lenders got caught up in
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Unitary taxation: a response to the critics

Posted on February 7 2013

In December the Tax Justice Network published a paper by Sol Picciotto outlining a 21st Century blueprint for taxing multinational companies. Amid rising public concern at how
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If Nick Clegg wants to talk tax fairness then he’s started in the wrong place

Posted on February 7 2013

If Nick Clegg wants to talk tax fairness I’m delighted, and welcome it. I’m wholly non-partisan in my approach to those who want to do so, but
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