Another Tax Justice victory in the Euro elections: Tax Justice Network co-founder Sven Giegold has been elected for the Greens in Germany.
The IASB is in the dock
Another story mentioned here recently has moved on to the national press. The Observer has noted that: Sir David Tweedie, chairman of the International Accounting
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Europe and tax good governance
The European Commission today has adopted a Communication identifying actions that EU Member States should take to promote "good governance" in the tax area (i.e.
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News from the EU
Don’t hold your breath but people are talking about getting the revised EU Savings Tax Directive through the Commission in April and in operation by
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Liechtenstein has to prove it is serious – and it has not yet
Liechtenstein has announced that it is going to abandon some of its banking secrecy and offer information exchange under OECD protocols. Let’s be cool and
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Global Recession: Are EU leaders making the biggest mistake of the century?
This blog was written by my friend and TUC colleague Adam Lent. I think it absolutely right, and so reproduce it here: Alongside all the
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EU progresses towards insanity on small business accounting
I’ve noted this: The EU Commission has today confirmed proposals which would exempt businesses from financial reporting rules, if they meet two of the following
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THE EU proposes automatic tax inmformation exchange between member states
The EU has already proposed a serious extension of the EU Savings Tax Directive. Now it is proposing a massive further development: automatic, spontaneous information
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Clearing up some misunderstandings on the EU Savings Tax Directive and the Isle of Man
A commentator on this blog has written: Having an interest in the KSF IOM affair, where we invested funds for overseas resident grandchildren (there was
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