I have listened to budgets and autumn statements for 35 years. I have not heard one with so little content before now. There was one
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Is the diverted profits tax going to be based on country-by-country reporting data?
This is what HMRC have to say today on two key issues if concern to me: I’m delighted by the announcement on country-by-country reporting. I
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George’s little problem with the tech companies
People are calling me and asking what Osborne is going to do about Google. My answer is he is going to talk about doing something
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Dave and George’s cunning little plan
David Cameron and George Osborne say they have a long term plan for the economy. Superficially it is very hard to detect what that plan
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The UK’s tax havens are still dedicated to secrecy – and we appear to be doing nothing about it
Just over a year ago the British Prime Minister David Cameron, whose family has had tax haven interests for many years, tried to whitewash Britain’s Overseas
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Today on the Jeremy Vine show, and elsewhere
It’s Autumn Statement day today (just in case you had not noticed). As a result I’ll be in the Radio 2 studio with Jeremy Vice
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If only Starbucks did country-by-country reporting
I have a letter in the London Evening Standard this evening which is a slightly shorter version of this, which is what I submitted: Mark
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What’s left to say in the Autumn Statement?
Once upon a time leaking a budget statement (and the Autumn Statement meets that definition) was considered a serious issue and a politician guilty of
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Devolving corporation tax will be a disaster for Northern Ireland
It’s reported that George Osborne is planning a shoddy deal with the DUP in Northern Ireland to devolve corporation tax powers to Stormont in exchange
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