Fascinating commentary in the Office for Budget Responsibility Autumn Statement report on the UK- Switzerland tax deal. They say (page 118): The UK-Switzerland tax deal announced
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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