There was an article in the Guardian yesterday under the headline: Oligarchs hide billions in shell companies. Here’s how we stop them Written by Frederik Obermaier
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The time for public country-by-country reporting has arrived
I spent yesterday discussing reporting standards for public country-by-country reporting, and will do the same today. Coincidentally Tax Justice UK published this letter to Greg
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Senior time
There are days destined to be memorable in life. For me this is one. Today I qualified to buy a senior citizen’s railcard. Neither my
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The B Team are lowering the bar for tax reporting
Alex Cobham at the Tax Justice Network published this blog late last week and I think it worth sharing because it shows that whilst some
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Country-by-country reporting has come a long way
I thought up country-by-country reporting in 2003. The EU Tax Directorate posted this tweet a few days ago: We’ve come a long way. Now we
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If the Big Four firms of accountants want to tackle inequality they have to reform themselves first
There was a letter in the FT on Saturday that irritated me. It said: Sir, We all must face the uncomfortable truth that in this
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Number 9 in the International Tax Review list of Global Tax Influencers
I was pleased to note this on the web site of International Tax Review yesterday (behind a paywall): I have featured in the Global Top
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The Apple TaxApp: needed on the iTunes App store
Apple is issuing explanations for its tax jaunt to Jersey that are leaving people scratching their heads. There’s good reason for that: the explanations make
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A challenge to the ICAEW: come out in favour of full tax transparency and do so now
The Paradise Papers pose a whole range of questions, many of which I have raised over the last day or so. But underpinning everything is
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