eGov monitor – A Policy Dialogue Platform | Promoting Better Governance. The EU has reported: Illicit capital flows from developing countries are estimated at US$
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FT.com / UK – Multinationals face gathering tax storm. The FT has an extensive commentary on the campaign for country-by-country reporting today. Written by Vanessa
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AstraZeneca agrees to pay £505m to settle UK tax dispute | Business | guardian.co.uk . As the Guardian notes: AstraZeneca, the Anglo-Swedish drugs group today
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The FT Adviser notes: A tax on financial transactions would raise £100bn a year globally, according to a report by a coalition backing a crackdown
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Only one Big Four firm produces UK annual report – Accountancy Age. The Age asks: Should the UK’s biggest firms set an example to their
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Thursday January 28 was an important day in the seven year history of country-by-country reporting. The OECD is to establish a task force of representatives
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Demystifying Accounting Dirty Tricks – Forbes.com. My latest Forbes column explores the idea of the plimsoll line of accounting in more depth.

Seems like the long quoted estimate of 60% of world trade being between related parties is now out of date. 70% of world trade is
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I think it worth reproducing what Stephen Timms has said on country-by-country reporting. I do, of course, have a special interest in this — having
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