Much of my commentary on the OECD’s BEPS programme has so far concentrated on its impact on the UK and other developed countries. That is
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Lee Shepherd argues in Tax Analysts today (paywall) with regard to the Base Erosion and Profits Shifting report that: Country-by-country reporting. [Pascal] Saint-Amans explained that the
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I was amused by the Deloitte reaction to the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profits Shifting report. In it they say – with direct reference to plans for country-by-country reporting implicit in
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The OECD is dominating debate on international tax this morning with its new report to the G20 about which I have commented  here. However, it is not
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I am speaking at the All Party Parliamentary Group  for Social Science and Policy  in the House of Lords this morning, discussing ‘what can policymakers do to
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I made my debut in Tax Analysts this morning, arguing that as for as tax is concerned the real importance of the Lough Erne declaration was the support it
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The G8 communique does, I admit, feel like a minor personal triumph. In its paragraph 25 it says: Comprehensive and relevant information on the financial
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This statement was issued by the office of EU Commissioner Michel Barnier today: “I welcome today’s vote by the European Parliament on the new Accounting and Transparency
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Vodafone published this report today – as if to apologise for the fact that they did not pay any corporation tax in the UK:   So let
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