The Guardian brings news today that the Beatles had their financial affairs scrutinised by the Bank of England way back in the 70s. Which must
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Transparency Intenational – a long way to go
My Tax Justice Network colleague John Christensen has covered the release of the 2006 edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. As John says: I
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What would I do?
Robert Searle asked an interesting question on the TJN email group recently. He asked: If you were a super-rich businessman, or woman would you not
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KPMG on corporate tax
Just read KPMG’s Corporate Tax Rate Survey. How does Loughlin Hickey equate: “it appears to be economically and socially desirable for countries to strive for
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UK ‘haven’ for money laundering
The BBC’s File on 4 programme last night had the above title. I must declare an interest. I featured in the programme, which can be
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Canada goes for fairness
There was an important announcement in Canada yesterday. A corporate tax system, introduced with maybe misguided intent, has been extensively abused for a purpose for
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PWC, Switzerland and its ‘enticing tax benefits’
Every now and again you have to be reminded of the anti-social, anti-democratic forces we’re up against. So, I thought I’d give some publicity to
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Enough of this self-congratulation in the Square Mile
It’s 20 years since ‘Big Bang’ in the City of London, which helped give rise to the overgrowth of our financial services sector. The Observer
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The seven deadly sins – and tax and morality
Apparently Ghandi defined the seven deadly sins as: * Wealth without Work* Pleasure without Conscience* Science without Humanity* Knowledge without Character* Politics without Principle* Commerce
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