The Economist has smelt the coffee and has begun to realise it’s game over for tax havens, or so it would seem from a whole series of articles it has published.
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I am making a presentation and taking questions at a hearing of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance today. Thankfully I am doing
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The announcement on tax avoidance and government procurement made today includes an interesting paragraph that says a company bidding for a contract has to disclose when bidding for
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It seems the FT has an exclusive on Danny Alexander’s pronouncement on tax avoiders and public contract procurement. As they report this morning: Big companies face being banned
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Martin Wolf’s column in the FT should be essential reading today. At its core though is this comment: As Claudio Borio of the Bank for
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The Guardian reports: The CBI is to press for extra infrastructure spending from George Osborne in next month’s budget after it cut its forecast for UK growth in 2013.
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I’m on an early morning train. There are many other issues to deal with and long meetings ahead. That leaves no time to blog until
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These are Barclays’ tax principles, according to their presentation made today: (Click on the file for a bigger version) Are you convinced that means an
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The OECD is publishing a new report this morning on what it calls Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, but which in plan language is corporate tax avoidance.
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