The Guardian has reported that: Offshore companies buying UK property could be forced to reveal their ultimate owners under plans being considered by ministers to
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The Isle of Man should be hanging its head in shame at the lame excuses for secrecy that it has to offer
The Bishop of the Isle of Man asked an interesting question in the Isle of Man’s parliament – the Tynwald – yesterday (in which he
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Online VAT fraud goes unpunished
The following press release was issued by Labour Front Bench Treasury spokesperson Rob Marris MP, working in association with long term anti-VAT fraud campaigner Richard
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Incorporation with limited liability is a privilege. It should not include anonymity
I wrote a version of this blog in 2012, but it’s as relevant today, so I am republishing it with some edits. I made the
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The UK’s position on sharing beneficial ownership data is totally hypocritical
The Treasury issued the following remarkably breathy press release last night: Chancellor George Osborne today (Thursday 14 April) unveiled a ground-breaking international deal to automatically
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Why has it taken so long for the IMF and World Bank to realise the harm that havens cause?
I offer no apology for quoting extensively today from a report in the Guardian that is headed: World Bank and IMF chiefs: tax dodging is
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David Cameron proves he is corruption’s friend, not its enemy
As the Guardian reported last night: Britain will not make fresh demands of its overseas territories to end tax secrecy at an upcoming anti-corruption summit,
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France and Germany need to deliver more than words on tax havens
As David Cameron was very clearly failing to deliver any change in the behaviour and practice of the UK’s tax havens as a result of
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David Cameron’s hollow words on corruption
The government announced yesterday that: On 12 May, the Prime Minister will host the Anti-Corruption Summit to step up global action to expose, punish and
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