For those who want to see what was said yesterday the hearing is available on line, here. Andrew Tyrie called it The Richard Murphy Show.
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Do we need corporation tax returns on public record?
I am aware that I will have upset some tax justice campaigners by saying this yesterday (as reported in the FT): Mr Murphy said the
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There is some money we just do not need
I noted this in the FT yesterday and did not have time to comment then: The €500 note, beloved by gangsters and Greek savers, is
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Today’s Treasury Select Committee: my speaking notes
Treasury Select Committee Hearing 2 February 2016 Speaking notes prepared by Richard Murphy FCA Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University, London and
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Today
I am giving evidence at the Treasury Select Committee this morning. The call paper is here. Then I will be briefing journalists before dashing to City
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Truth to power
I have a chance to, as Quakers would put it, speak truth to power at the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons this morning.
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Corporation tax is like democracy: the worst way of taxing companies bar all the others we’ve tried
The Economist, in an article published over the weekend has realised why we need corporation taxes: Corporate taxes are a poor way to raise revenue. Since
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We don’t just want country-by-country reporting to hold Google to account
George Osborne has said he wants greater transparency in international tax and so appears to be backing country-by-country reporting for the first time. If he really
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Would those commenting on tax please engage their brains first?
A rush of really quite stupid (I use the word advisedly) comments on tax reform are hitting the press in the wake of the Google
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