The New York Times has reported: The federal government is widening its investigation of offshore tax evasion to include services sold by the First Data
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The Times has reported: Faced with the growing hostility of politicians, some tax havens quickly crumbled under the pressure. But while countries such as Switzerland
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Showdown Seen Between Banks and Regulators – NYTimes.com. The message from the banks is simple: thanks for bailing us out but please don’t expect us
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From the FT: The Co-operative Bank sailed through market turmoil in 2008, lifting profits by 70 per cent as depositors flocked to it for security.
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The collapse of the Dunfermline Building Society proves: The urgent need for a Glass Steagall Act in the UK to enforce a split between routine
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A banker of my acquaintance sent me the following list of challenges for the Banking Code: Banks should be asked to sign up at Board
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I drafted the Tax Justice Network and Association for Accountancy and Business Affairs Code of Conduct on taxation. This is available here. The actual Code
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I’d draw attention to some articles I wrote about Barclays. All suggestion the legal and ethical underpinning that could make a Banking Code on tax
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The Banking Code revives the problem of defining a tax haven. That is a real problem. Defining a secrecy jurisdiction is not problematic. Secrecy jurisdictions
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