I thought this from the Financial Transparency Coalition was worth sharing: Right now, it’s difficult to discern the true operations of multinational corporations. Whether it’s
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Is the UK is proposing to use the worst form of unitary taxation?
Deep in the Autumn Statement documentation there is the following paragraph: 4.26 Bringing non-resident companies’ UK income into the corporation tax regime — The government
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The Office for Budget Responsibility assume Brexit changes everything
The sectoral balances show how the government’s deficit fits into the lending and borrowing of businesses, households and the overseas sector. By definition these sums
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The Autumn Statement – a quick reaction
Four macroeconomic things stand out from the Autumn Statement. First, Philip Hammond is expecting ‘economic headwinds’. He said so and this was the pervasive underlying,
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What hope for democracy when Labour and the Tories turn their backs on younger people?
Me, on Twitter this morning: I wish I knew. But I do know Labour is failing to give a voice those who oppose the Government.
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Mr Osborne’s legacy
For the first time for more than a decade we have a major Treasury announcement today where George Osborne will not be playing a significant
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Philip Hammond will not tell the truth about the UK’s debt today
Philip Hammond will not tell the truth about the UK’s debt today. It is likely that he will say that the UK will notionally borrow
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Jeremy Vine and LBC today
I will be discussing the Autumn Statement on the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 straight after Philip Hammond sits down today and then will be
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Until we fit the macro economy into the local economy and not vice versa globalisation will be rejected
There is a great paragraph in an article by Aditya Chakrabortty in the Guardian this morning. He says it’s time we: learn one of the
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