As the FT reports: Brussels is threatening to sue Britain unless ministers significantly alter a landmark tax deal with Switzerland, in a dispute that will cast
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Collect the evaded tax, avoid the cuts
I have the following on Comment is Free this morning: The Tax Justice Network has published new research I have undertaken on its behalf. Using data sourced from
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Failing to tackle tax evasion is a choice to support criminals – and it’s one that politicians have made
I made a speech at a TUC rally a year or so ago when I said the following: If we spent the money that the
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The Cayman Islands’ director – almost as flexible as the Sark postman
Once upon a time the postman on Sark was the symbol of offshore farce: rumour had it he held more than 2,000 directorships and quite
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Making aggressive tax avoidance illegal – what a new GAAR might do
The proposed General Anti-Avoidance Rule, published today and written by Graham Aaronson QC, about which I wrote earlier today, attacks arrangements with one or more of these qualities: (a)
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A GAAR for the UK – one step closer today
Graham Aaronson QC’s report for HM Treasury on the desirability of a General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) for the UK is published this morning, and I
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Hartnett doesn’t just not apply the law, he breaks it too
Europolitics has noted: Manoeuvring over Rubik is in full swing. The European Commission is pressuring Germany and the United Kingdom to change the bilateral fiscal
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It’s knuckle rapping time for the The UK on its Swiss tax deal
Algirdas Å emeta, the EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud, addressed the EU Parliament late on Tuesday and talked about the UK- Swiss
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UK UnCut and Dave Hartnett
I think it quite appropriate to reproduce the following press release from UK UnCut. The sentiment is widely shared, showing how in touch these people are: Campers at Occupy
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