I am on my way to Brussels this morning to talk about ten year of tax justice to the European Socialist group in the parliament.
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We need QE, but we need the right form of QE too. That’s the one that would create jobs and social housing
Larry Elliott argues this morning: Financial markets have become stimulus junkies. They crave their next fix of quantitative easing and when they don’t get it they turn
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The Big 4 – marching on like the banks and exploiting us all
Prem Sikka has an excellent article in the Guardian in which he argues: The long-awaited report by the Competition Commission on the UK auditing market is a disappointment.
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Why the government’s General Anti-Abuse Rule won’t beat tax avoidance
People keep asking me why the government’s proposed General Anti-Abuse Rule won’t beat tax avoidance. I explained this relatively briefly in a submission to the House of Lords in January,
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Russia loses at least $49 billion a year to tax havens
A little late, from the FT last week, but wholly relevant whenever reported: Russia’s central bank governor has lifted the lid on $49bn in illegal capital flight
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KPMG makes clear it’s a true friend of tax haven abuse
The Jersey Evening Post has given us one of the clearest insights we could ask for on the role of KPMG in perpetuating tax haven
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On AAA – and what might happen
The UK has lost it's first AAA rating. The others will surely follow. So what you say? First, it was a Tory sniffs to commitment
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Is HMRC institutionally biased? It’s a question that needs to be answered
I have commented on the surprising choice of names of those making settlement with HMRC, published yesterday. Ivan Horrocks of the Open University, a regular
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HMRC do an offshore tax prosecution – and it’s another dodgy trader from the north west. What is going on?
The FT reports this morning: Two businessmen were jailed on Wednesday after pleading guilty to lying about cash they hid outside the UK, in the
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