2014 October 15

GFC2 coming our way?

Posted on October 15 2014

I know it has been said I have called seven of the last three stock exchange downturns and I am, it is true, generally bearish,
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Selling off the NHS

Posted on October 15 2014

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The EU adopts full tax automatic information exchange – but HMRC need the staff to deal with the data

Posted on October 15 2014

The following press release was issued by the EU yesterday: The Council agreed today on a draft directive extending the scope for the mandatory automatic exchange
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On emanations, eructation, polysemy and the right to debate

Posted on October 15 2014

David Quentin tweeted during a tax discussion yesterday that companies “really are emanations of the state; creatures of statute”. David was absolutely right and he
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There is a problem with family companies, much of which comes down to too much tax planning

Posted on October 15 2014

The FT reports this morning that: Only one in 12 of the UK’s family-owned companies has plans to expand aggressively over the next five years,
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You didn’t believe tax abuse was big business? Think again

Posted on October 15 2014

There are still those who say that tax abuse is not big business. And there are others who deny that it is, all too often,
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3

Ireland ends one era of abuse – and opens another one

Posted on October 15 2014

Ireland is to close the ‘double Irish’ tax arrangement that has facilitated so much international tax abuse. The reality is that this will mean it
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