2018 February 28

Was Maplin a victim of venture capital?

Posted on February 28 2018

Maplin stores failed this morning. Owned by a venture capital fund that bought it for around £85 million in 2014, since then it had accumulated
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How can we ensure that tax evaders and aggressive tax avoiders do not profit from taxpayer-funded public procurement contracts?

Posted on February 28 2018

Cross posted from the Fair Tax Mark: Conservative MP for North Wiltshire, James Gray, recently asked Parliament what steps the UK Government was taking in
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Corbyn needs to make the case for the private sector because that makes it easier to make the case for the state

Posted on February 28 2018

A commentator on this blog yesterday suggested that: Corbyn’s the best leader we’ve had in a long time and if we all got behind him
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Taxing Tech

Posted on February 28 2018

Last week I suggested that the wrong way to tax tech companies was on their revenues, as the UK Treasury seems to now be suggesting.
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After 12 years the Dutch admit it: they are a tax haven

Posted on February 28 2018

Sometimes I notice things change. I noticed this in the FT yesterday: The Netherlands is fighting back against its reputation as a tax haven with
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The February Taxcast

Posted on February 28 2018

In this month’s Taxcast Naomi Fowler of the Tax Justice Network look at the United States, Trump’s tax reforms and the killing of the American Dream. In
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