Having noted the supposed burdens of tax legislation in the previous post, I then found a story on AllAfrica.com. It reported yesterday that: Akwa Ibom
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The World Bank did not say the UK suffers a high rate of tax admin
Bloomberg has reported that ‘U.K. Company Tax a Bigger Burden Under Brown, World Bank Says’ That’s not true. The World Bank had PWC prepare a
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Transparency Intenational – a long way to go
My Tax Justice Network colleague John Christensen has covered the release of the 2006 edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. As John says: I
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Corporations do pay tax
Neil McIntyre, a Canadian accountant quotes the following on his blog, with favour: No corporation ever paid a dime of tax. All taxes are paid
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What would I do?
Robert Searle asked an interesting question on the TJN email group recently. He asked: If you were a super-rich businessman, or woman would you not
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Cash accounting – a non-starter
As some who read this may be aware, some of my work is undertaken on an academic basis. This gave me an opportunity late last
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KPMG on corporate tax
Just read KPMG’s Corporate Tax Rate Survey. How does Loughlin Hickey equate: “it appears to be economically and socially desirable for countries to strive for
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VAT and Jersey – today’s Jersey Evening Post
This was in the Jersey Evening Post today. I am pleased to say that I helped draft the EDM in question. MPs move on ‘VAT
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UK ‘haven’ for money laundering
The BBC’s File on 4 programme last night had the above title. I must declare an interest. I featured in the programme, which can be
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