It’s been interesting to see the reaction to my blog on the logic of tax justice. Tim Worstall issued one of his usual diatribes which
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Where did the non-dom money come from?
The HMRC accounts for 2006-07 suggested on page 49 that the Expat team had increased their yield from enquiries in the year to £102 million,
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Kenyan corruption
It’s difficult to overstate the importance of the leaking of the Kroll report on corruption in Kenya and the Guardian’s work in publicising it. The
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The modertates are on the march against inequality
I thought I’d been writing in the Sunday Times today when I read this: In allowing himself to be bluffed by the super-rich, that they
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Poverty of thinking at the ICAEW
I’d love to believe in the ICAEW Tax Faculty’s project in what they say is ‘thought leadership’ called ‘Towards a Better Tax System’. The only
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Will changing the private equity rules increase tax paid?
One of the regular challenges I face is the suggestion that whatever changes to the tax rules are made the rich will never pay tax.
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Paying NIC is no substitute for corporation tax
I’m bored by the argument created by PWC and rolled out on BBC news last night by the CBI and even by HMRC that if
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Prem Sikka on the IASB
Prem Sikka has a blog column on the Guardian site. Today he argues: International accounting standards are colonialism in another guise, allowing tax avoidance while
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When the world lives in fear of progressive taxes
The was an article in the Polish press yesterday with the title: Poland’s progressive tax system could alienate investors As the story said: Finance experts
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