Jeremy Corbyn published his tax return. Why he or anyone else declared his income from being leader of the opposition as a pension is hard
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Faulty Towers – the London offshore property market
It has been known for a long time that offshore ownership of property in the UK hugely distorts the London property market, in particular. There
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It’s an unequal world
The Financial Transparency Coalition, who campaign for tax justice, have an interesting briefing out. There has been long held concern amongst campaigners that there is
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Full marks to Prem Sikka
On 1 October I wrote this: Parliament has published an estimate of the losses toHMRC arising on the liquidation of a service company controlled by
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India leads the way on getting rid of high denomination notes: the UK needs to get rid of the £50 note
Events disrupted the flow of tax and other news yesterday, but some things are worth catching up on. One thing of importance that happened occurred
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Why the Bahamas Leaks are important
The Bahamas Leak, published late yesterday by the Guardian and others who are members of of the ICIJ, are important. First, they prove to those
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The May Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network
In the May 2016 Taxcast: What is corruption? Well, that’s a political question, and the answer depends on who you ask. We discuss the anti-corruption
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The Anti-Corruption Summit – a post mortem
Yesterday’s Anti-Corruption Summit did not excite the world. It did not even excite readers of this blog: traffic yesterday was at about normal levels and
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It’s time for Britannic Majesty to get a grip of the BVI
I have scoured the Anti-Corruption Summit documentation to see what the British Virgin Islands have committed to doing. The answer is nothing. Not a thing.
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