As I noted in a post at the weekend, the OECD has now concluded its latest global corporation tax deal. It is imperfect. It was
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It’s time to celebrate a global tax deal that delivers much for tax justice – and to now move on to other more pressing tax issues that need more attention now
The OECD global tax deal has been signed by 140 countries and jurisdictions. Some are claiming it represents a sell-out by the OECD and a
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What can be done about tax havens?
In the first four videos in this series on tax havens I have explored how they work, what they abuse, and why that abuse should
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What is tax justice about in 2021?
Tax justice has been going for eighteen years now. It has been phenomenally successful. We’ve won country-by-country reporting, beaten a lot of tax haven activity,
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Accounting reform is essential if tax abuse is not going to slip straight into the financial statements
I was asked recently how I might avoid tax in a large multinational company given all the reporting requirements that now exist, such as automatic
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Starbucks, accounts and tax
I spent some time yesterday assisting the FT with a story on Starbucks, its accounts and tax. The FT reports my comment this morning: Richard
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Expect the Big 4 accountants to oppose the G7 tax agreement – because collectively they are the backbone of the offshore world
I made this comment yesterday after the G7 tax deal was announced: I have been asked what the biggest impediments to delivery of the new
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The G7 tax deal: a first reaction says there is a long way to go to get this right as yet
Rishi Sunak issued this Tweet not long ago: the video in it can be played: https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1401133898847948803?s=20 He followed up with these tweets: What does this
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The EU did not rise to the challenge of country-by-country reporting
I wrote yesterday about the negotiation that was scheduled on country-by-country reporting in the EU which, it was hoped would bring a favourable outcome by
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