2015 February 10

Labour’s tax avoidance plans

Posted on February 10 2015

Labour issued a press release tonight that sets out its plans for tackling tax avoidance. It says: Labour will tomorrow (Wednesday) set out the measures
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For he’s a jolly good fellow

Posted on February 10 2015

Worth another outing, I think

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If I knew about Stephen Green and Switzerland in 2010 anyone could have done

Posted on February 10 2015

There is a load of nonsense being talked all around government and the media tonight suggesting that maybe no-one knew about HSBC’s tax issues at
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HSBC and EU tax abuse: if only some people had listened back in 2008

Posted on February 10 2015

Back in 2008 I wrote this on this blog: Switzerland has announced that: there has been a substantial increase in the amount of tax retained
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On You and Yours discussing the morality of tax avoidance and evasion

Posted on February 10 2015

I was on Radio 4’s You and Yours discussing the morality of tax avoidance and evasion today. Start 9 minutes in here. The evidence I
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If we want to solve HSBC we have to start at home

Posted on February 10 2015

I have an article on HSBC on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site this afternoon. I frame the problem like this: The HSBC story is
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Britain does indeed need a pay rise – but it needs much more than that

Posted on February 10 2015

According to the Guardian: David Cameron will tell Britain’s business leaders on Tuesday that the best way to protect themselves against ‘attacks’ from Ed Miliband
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Where were HSBC’s auditors?

Posted on February 10 2015

The HSBC issue is not likely to go away for a day or two. Let me ask a question then that needs to be asked.
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