I note Jacob Rees Mogg is terribly upset by Mark Carney and said so at the Treasury Select Committee. As someone with whom Jacob has taken
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To QE, or not QE? That is the question
I was confronted by one of my City University colleagues yesterday who, in the kindest possible way, said I had got much of my analysis
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Not looking for the bleedin’ obvious
I was not surprised by this comment in the FT this morning: Bank stress tests are failing to take account of the potential systemic risks
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George’s tax fiddling does not work
The Daily Mail has a headline this morning that says: Savings tax shambles: New rules will soon let you earn £1,000 interest tax-free – yet
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KPMG and country-by-country reporting: a work in progress
I have already mentioned KPMG’s 2015 accounts this morning, and whilst looking at them I thought I’d have a quick check on country-by-country reporting. This is
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KPMG really do have to learn how to account for tax
KPMG’s 2015 accounts were drawn to my attention by Alex Cobham of the Tax Justice Network yesterday. They include, upfront for all to see and absorb, this extraordinary
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Has KPMG changed yet?
The Guardian has reported: A complex tax avoidance scheme being used by transport group Stagecoach to wipe £11m off its tax bill has been defeated
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Labour’s economic policy: a new era in social democratic thinking?
Labour’s economic policy A new era in social democratic thinking? 7 March 2016 Speaking notes for a presentation at the University of East London Last
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Ecology Building Society gets the Fair Tax Mark
As many readers will be aware, I am a director of the Fair Tax Mark. I’m late in noting this press release from last week: Ethical
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