2014 October 07

KPMG aren’t buying the tax and morality line

Posted on October 7 2014

I have noted that PwC have accepted that morality has a role in tax this morning, but EY disagree. Then I started reading Tax Notes
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Charging for “bed and board” in the NHS is better described as a tax on the sick

Posted on October 7 2014

The Guardian has reported that hospital patients could be asked to pay for their “bed and board” if funding does not match increasing demand. Apparently:
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The same old excuses come out down under

Posted on October 7 2014

Tax Justice Network Australia and United Voices, an Australian trade union who I am pleased to work for, very recently published a report on the
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PwC have at long last admitted that tax and morality must mix

Posted on October 7 2014

The pleasing FT headlines continue this morning. After news that Amazon has a tax avoidance case to answer comes this one: As the story relates:
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Deficit question: who overspent?

Posted on October 7 2014

The EU confirms that Amazon has a tax avoidance case to answer

Posted on October 7 2014

I take some satisfaction from this headline in the FT, published overnight: As the article relates: Investigators believe Luxembourg gave Amazon favourable terms in a
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