The House of Commons held an adjournment debate yesterday to discuss tax avoidance and evasion. The debate was timed to coincide with Christian Aid week
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I’ve edited and revised my summary of the case for country-by-country reporting. It’s available here. At two pages it’s the shortest summary available.

The men at the helm of the UK’s ‘Big Four’ accountancy firms may be boardroom Titans, but few outside the profession have heard of them.
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The FT has reported: Diamond production at De Beers dropped 90 per cent in the first three months of the year after the world’s top
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BBA — British Bankers’ Association – Transfer Pricing Briefing. Note the above says it will: Assess.. the increasing status of transfer pricing as the most
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Gordon Brown has demanded that the OECD look at tax avoidance as part of the anti-tax haven campaign. Let’s be realistic. The tax avoidance issue
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It’s a busy morning for publishing. Christian Aid has a new report out today that reveals in detail by country and trade sector, how much
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I have to say that without the Lib Dem Treasury team the world would be a worse place right now. Yesterday Matthew Oakeshott (a member
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There’s an important article in the Wall Street Journal today. It says: The Obama administration has finally come up with a plan to deal with
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