Private Eye’s dig into Tesco’s tax affairs continues. In the edition published today it has revelation of another tax avoidance scheme, this time based in
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Aberdeen Asset Management is the latest company to say it might leave the UK, according to the Times. So, I’ve looked at its accounts. This
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Another company that doesn’t pay tax in the UK has announced its results. That’s British American Tobacco. In 2007 is had profit before tax of
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WPP has announced that it’s CEO, Martin Sorrell is to have total remuneration of £21 million this year. Of that £18.4 million will be paid
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RTE in Ireland has reported: Accounts for Microsoft Ireland Research, an Irish subsidiary of the global software giant, show that the company paid just €460,000
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The Times has reported that: United Business Media (UBM) is to join a growing exodus of companies from the UK by shifting its tax base
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The Irish Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) has called for a 12.5% corporation tax rate in Northern Ireland to match that in the Republic. The
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It’s a curious fact that being a tax haven is becoming counter productive. Ireland is a tax haven. It pioneered ring fences in the Shannon
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Irish Finance minister Brian Cowen is reported to have told Irish employers: that is committed to maintaining Ireland’s 12.5pc corporation tax – a key component
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