2015 July 03

Almost everyone in tax agrees that the time for reform of our tax system has arrived

Posted on July 3 2015

The IFS issued the following statement yesterday under the title ‘Time for Tax Reform’: Our process for making overall tax policy is, and has been
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76% of large companies are ‘most worried about country-by-country reporting’

Posted on July 3 2015

I was amused by this comment in the newsletter of the International Financial Centres Forum yesterday (I do read the strangest things): Country-by-Country reporting is
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A special form of indifference to human suffering

Posted on July 3 2015

I admit that I am no great fan of Chris Giles at the FT, but I had no idea that he was quite as unpleasant
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The creeping hand of financial control is extending its reach

Posted on July 3 2015

The Guardian and other media carry reports that Camila Batmanghelidjh is being, in her opinion, forced to resign from the charity Kids Company. The government claims
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Yesterday at the EU

Posted on July 3 2015

This is the video of the presentation I made to the TAXE committee of the EU yesterday. Begin at about 1 hour ten minutes. The
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