The government signed a Code of Conduct with banks on their tax practices in November 2010. Yesterday we learned Barclays has resoundingly ignored it. But why did
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This afternoon the FT blogged: Fifteen banks are signatories to the UK’s Code of Practice on Taxation. BANK OF AMERICA/MERRILL BARCLAYS CITIGROUP (CITIBANK) CREDIT SUISSE DEUTSCHE BANK
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Barclays has been a long term target of those of us concerned with tax justice, as you will find by searching them on this blog. Our aim has
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Bob Diamond has posted an extraordinary article on the Guardian’s Comment is Free today – apparently drawn from a lecture he’s doing for the BBC (and why? is the
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The FT has reported this morning that: US tax authorities are targeting cross-border finance deals worth billions of dollars between leading US and UK banks
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The following story is in the FT today but has also been published under a Creative Commons licence by Propublica who co-authored it so I republish it
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The FT’s reporting free banking is getting harder to find. Bonuses cost a lot, you know. And you’re paying for them.

From Shelter Offshore: A brand new, highly attractive, flexible and potentially tax-free offshore company and bank account package is available in the UAE with business
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The FT reports: Bob Diamond has decided Barclays must increase its risk appetite amid internal expectations at the bank that a key measure of its
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