My friends at Global Witness has just issued the following press release, which is worthy of reproduction in full for the level of abuse it shows prevalent
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There’s a very strong case for this disclosure in the UK
I got this email last night from the World Bank: The first global study of financial disclosure laws and practices, “Public Office, Private Interests: Accountability through
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94,000 properties. How many prosecutions for the crimes they hide?
George Osborne has said he’s going to stop stamp duty avoidance though the use of offshore limited companies tomorrow. And so he should. According to some reports The
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Just how easy it will be to avoid the Swiss tax withholding under the new UK – Swiss tax deal
I’ve just been sent a note on how easy it would be to avoid the new UK – Swiss tax deal and declare nothing to the UK
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The UK sells its tax sovereignty in a massive boost to offshore tax abuse by Switzerland
It’s extraordinary to note that on the day before the government supposedly announces a big crack down on tax avoidance by the wealthy in the UK it has today
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How bent is the UK’s tax profession?
There’s a piece in Accountancy Age, published on Friday, that says: Most advisors would support a general tax amnesty, which they would communicate with many
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Transparency International, big oil and country-by-country reporting
Transparency International had this letter in the FT today: The position expressed by the large oil companies (“Shell joins push to dilute EU’s proposed anti-corruption
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Limited liability is permeable after all – shareholders can now pay for a company’s crime
A couple of days ago I suggested that limited liability should be removed from a company in the event that it abused certain standards if they were made
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The tax profession, tax havens and fraud: an ongoing saga
As the Telegraph reports: The Treasury has closed a tax avoidance scheme that could have cost £1.5bn after a tip off that artificial trading companies
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