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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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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I have already mentioned that I made a presentation on the proposed changes to the EU Savings Tax Directive in the European Parliament this week,
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I was at a session in he EU Parliament on the proposed reform of the EU Savings Tax Directive, speaking as an expert witness to
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Sometimes small changes that are important pass almost unnoticed. Take Statutory Instrument 2008 No. 2871, appealingly entitled “RECOVERY OF TAXES” and subtitled “The Recovery of
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It is very clear that a struggle for the future of control of the world’s financial system is developing. The bankers think it is the
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On September 23rd, the European Parliament adopted a report on the follow-up of the Monterrey conference on Financing for Development. Amongst the resolutions adopted is
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I have considerable sympathy for a Lib Dem initiative that has made progress in the EU Parliament that appears to have attracted remarkably little attention
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The Independent has reported that: The Island of Jersey is preparing a referendum on independence amid fears that the Government will accept European Union demands
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