Grant Thornton, the UK’s fifth biggest firm of accountants have told UK Chancellor Gordon Brown that it wants these things in the Budget: A cut
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Private equity – just a way of avoiding corporate responsibility?
Nils Pratley is a Guardian columnist to whose opinion I usually pay little attention. But he caught my eye today. Writing on the raid on
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Germany moves on private equity
Germany has made a welcome move on the private equity issue. As the FT has reported, Peer Steinbr?ºck, Germany’s finance minister, is proposing to limit
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William Hague and the Sunday Telegraph
I was, if I’m honest a little surprised to find a Tory newspaper asking me about the tax affairs of a former leader of the
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HRH Prince Charles – Channel 4 Dispatches
For those who are so inclined to watch television in the UK this evening might I suggest Dispatches on Channel 4 at 8pm (20.00)? You
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Financial crime in Jersey
Some questions have been raised about why I reported on the States of Jersey police report for 2006 with regard to money laundering in the
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Ireland is a tax haven
The Irish Times reported yesterday that the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) had insisted in the D?°il (Parliament) that: Ireland is not being used as a Cayman
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The truth – so hard to find
The business press is full of reports today that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) is to restate its financial statements from 2004 onwards because
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The Big 4 – endorsing tax havens by their presence
The Independent on Sunday ran a report yesterday concerning the report entitled ‘Closing the Floodgates’ that I edited and was principle author of for the
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