It is 17 years since I wrote the first draft of what is now called country-by-country reporting (CBCR). Since then it has come a long
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Will country-by-country reporting deliver?
Alex Cobham posted a fascinating timeline twitter thread on country-by-country reporting this morning in anticipation of the OECD publishing the first international aggregated data based
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People would rather shop with or work for a business that can prove it’s paying its fair share of tax
The Fair Tax Mark has just issued this press release: The new ‘Lockdown mindset:’ More Brits call for greater accountability for businesses on tax avoidance
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most multinational of all?
The OECD has just (it seems) begun promoting a dataset it has on multinational corporations. One indicator it publishes on the 500 company is it
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The SNP voted with Scottish Tories against country-by-country reporting yesterday: it was not their finest hour
The Scottish Parliament debated its second Coronavirus Bill yesterday. It was a heated debate, but I am only concerned with two amendments, which were numbers
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Nordic Tax Research Council’s article prize 2020
This was formally announced this morning: Nordic Tax Research Council’s article prize 2020 Nordic Tax Research Council has awarded its 2020 article prize to Professor
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Question of the day: why is it that the Treasury is so unkeen on us knowing about the tax affairs of large UK companies?
The Bank of England issued a press release this morning saying that new conditions have been attached to their coronavirus crisis funding facility (CCFF). As
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The Jeremy Vine Show today – and excess profits tax
I will be on the Jeremy Vine Show today on BBC Radio 2 talking about companies that have done well out of the coronavirus crisis
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How to reform country-by-country reporting: my presentation to the OECD today
I spoke for a second time at the OECD country-by-country reporting conference today, addressing three technical issues: Should the data at a country level reported
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