There are occasions when the case for tax transparency and country-by-country reporting gets support from unexpected quarters. PWC was not one where I expected to
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Country-by-country reporting: comparing the 2005 demand with what we got
I noted yesterday that I co-authored, with John Christensen, what might fairly be called the first manifesto for tax justice that was published, in 2005.
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Chilcot
The Chilcot report will, I suspect, be the most important news today. This blog is not about foreign affairs but let me be clear that
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Pray to anyone you believe in that we don’t have a property crash
Brexit contagion is spreading. Yes I know the FTSE 100 has more than recovered its losses. But the FTSE 250, which reflects British economic activity much
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The EU commits to openness on beneficial ownership of companies and trusts
The European Commission has published a proposal this afternoon for new legisaltion that would commit member states to open registers on the beneficial ownership of
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OMG: EY and KPMG to negotiate Brexit
According to the FT: Britain is turning to the private sector to prepare for Brexit, seeking to second consultants to boost a civil service with
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Now is the time for RBS to be fully nationalised to become our National Investment Bank
As was noted in the Guardian yesterday, the post Brexit collapse in the RBS share price has delayed selling it off. That is good news:
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Stephen Crabb: half way to People’s QE
Last September I idly mused on what George Osborne might call People’s Quantitative easing when he introduced it. I did not do so for effect:
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Cutting corporation tax makes no sense unless you want to increase tax abuse
George Osborne has said he wants to cut corporation tax to 15% post Brexit. Politically this is interesting. He has not given a timescale: planned
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