A couple of weeks ago Npower were accused of not paying tax in the UK. The result was that 38 Degrees, the campaigning group picked
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You can vote for the Tax Justice Network, the Big 4 or the World Bank. That’s a tough one!
Transfer Pricing Week is not, maybe, everyone’s favourite magazine but there’s room for most of us in this world, and I just noticed this (and it’s a screen shot
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If the Revenue has abused its powers in pursuing Osita Mba then prosecutions should follow
The Guardian has just reported that: Tax officials used intrusive investigative powers meant to catch serious criminals to try to prove that a whistleblower who
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Well that one worked….a surprise blogging hit
Sometimes I blog something with real hope it will be read. And usually it isn’t. Other times I dash a blog off and discover it’s a hit.
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The FT’s finally caught on to the fact that the Netherlands is a tax haven: better late than never
In 2006 I co-authored a report with two Dutch colleagues. The message of the report was pretty clear from the cover: The report was a big
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Why does the FT’s corporation tax map exclude so much interesting data?
Why does the FT’s new interactive corporation tax map (of which this is a screen shot, not the real interactive thing): 1) Use some very
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The direction of travel is clear: the fight against tax fraud is gaining momentum and that’s vital for the well-being of us all
There’s been another step forward in progress towards revising the European Union Savings Tax Directive. As Business Week Reported at the weekend: Austria became the last
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If the free flow of capital is now all about abuse the time has come to end it in the interests of human rights
As the FT notes this morning: The Netherlands and Luxembourg had booked foreign direct investment of $5.8tn by the end of 2012 — more than
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Who reviewed Starbuck’s accounts for Vince Cable?
I am aware, as Bill Dodwell was keen to emphasise in this morning’s spat on Starbucks, that Vince Cable had BIS staff review Starbuck’s accounts
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