Stephanie Flanders of the BBC wins the ‘crass tweet of the day’ award for this: For the record, the article she links to is
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Robert Maas flies in the face of reason
Long standing tax commentator and adviser Robert Maas has written the first part of what he suggests might be a two part review of my book
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The new General Anti-Abuse Rule panel is all from the tax profession
Accountancy Age has noted that the new General Anti-Abuse Rule panel of independent experts has been appointed. All six are tax professionals. None come from civil
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And they call this transparency and information exchange?
International Adviser web site has reported: The number of requests for data HMRC made to Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories on possible tax evaders hit
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Pouring money down the drain – Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme
As Reuters note this morning: Chancellor George Osborne will meet lenders and house builders on Tuesday to flesh out how a state-backed scheme to guarantee
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Should developing countries turn their backs on the OECD?
Much of my commentary on the OECD’s BEPS programme has so far concentrated on its impact on the UK and other developed countries. That is
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The July Tax Podcast: listen now
In the Tax Justice Network’s July podcast: We analyse the OECD’s Action Plan it says is going to tackle corporate tax avoidance. And who needs
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