John Christensen reports on the TJN blog on yesterday’s launch of the new Foreign Office film on corruption. As he says: The film is a
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The Netherlands: A Tax Haven?
I guess it’s fairly obvious that there is a short answer to the above question. It is ‘yes’. The Netherlands is a notorious tax haven.
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Do something – it won’t take long
I’ve had my attention drawn to two petitions on the 10 Downing Street web site that UK readers might like to lend their support to.
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Company accounts
I promised to say what I thought should be in small company accounts. I will, over time. One thing was suggested by an article in
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Gordon Brown’s sop to big business
There have been press reports that at a seminar on globalisation on Friday Gordon Brown offered tax concessions to big business. He’s offered to improve
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Welcome attack on the ‘Monaco Millionaires’
It’s good to see the UK making moves to change some of its tax rules for the wealthy onto a more realistic basis. Late last
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The irresponsibility of tax directors
I was thinking about the PWC poll of tax directors again. One finding has been nagging me. It’s this: Other stakeholders (excluding the above) that
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Whose fault is complexity?
PWC’s report for the World Bank, on which I have already commented, included the following observation: A particularly worrying consequence is that with the sheer
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Developing the theme – PWC and the world’s poor
I have had the chance to discuss Andrew Goodall’s recent comments on my blog on PWC’s World Bank report with him. I see the point
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