There is good news this morning. As the FT notes: Luxembourg has agreed to hand over a list of the hundreds of tax deals signed
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Paying tax whistleblowers
One of the questions at Tuesday’s session of the People’s Parliament was how we might both encourage and protect whistleblowers. I answered in the context
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Discussing the Big 4 in Denmark – the video
My talk in the Danish parliament last week is now available on Youtube here. For some reason I am having trouble embedding this so please
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Another view on Diverted Profit Tax
David Quention has now contributed to the debate on the Diverted Profit Tax (DPT) in a new blog published last night. I think his commentary
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EU cracks down on anonymous company ownership, but falls short of full transparency
This press release has been issued by Global Witness and I think it worth sharing: ——– Late yesterday evening, the EU agreed to new rules to tackle corporate
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There may be trouble ahead
These are the latest independent forecasts for the UK economy as summarised by HM Treasury and just published: Let me speculate on at least
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Bankers’ bonuses were a problem in 1856 and we’ve not made much progress since then
I was reading Hansard from 1856 this morning (as one does) and came across this quote from a speech relating to the freform of partnership
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Why won’t politicians collect tax that’s due?
I have often argued about the absurdity if the UK underinvesting in HM Revenue & Customs at cost to us all in terms of lost
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The December Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network
The December Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network is out. In this edition: how mafia is corrupting democracy at the heart of Europe in Italy’s capital
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