I was pleased to take part in BBC’s Panorama programme last night. The programme discussed David Mills, the former husband of UK cabinet minister Tessa
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Do sham trusts impose a cost on society?
I’ve written a bit about sham trusts on here of late. It’s good to have the evidence therefore that they really do impose a cost
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Plugging loopholes in the EU Savings Tax Directive
As ever, accountants are seeking to exploit any loophole they can find in taxation law and regulations. One of the more recent wheezes is to
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For those who are serious about money laundering……
The Tax Justice Network in Jersey visited France at the weekend. One of the people they met was a bank manager with a large French
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The UK government just doesn’t get it
The Independent on Sunday covered the Carl Levin US Senate report today. The comment given to them by the UK Treasury is the most telling
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Carousel fraud – the inevitable offshore link
It seems to be a day when proof of the assertions the Tax Justice Network have made about the offshore world is coming along by
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Thailand – the undeniable evidence that tax havens undermine democracy
The coup in Thailand provides unfortunate but undeniable evidence that tax havens undermine democracy. The coup has been motivated by the hatred of the corruption
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Jersey – rotten to the core
The Observer published a story today about an email from Jersey that had been sent to it, seemingly inadvertently. Nick Mathiason at the Observer was
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You couldn’t make it up……
Days after John Christensen raised searching questions of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) because it fails to deal with the high level supply of
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