The European Commission issued a press release on Friday. I’m usually reluctant to reproduce big chunks of press releases but this one is important: By
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Ireland – skating on thin ice
You can’t build an economy on tax breaks. Ireland proves it. Look at this for an example of paranoia about how vulnerable they are to
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25 visits from the Isle of Man government
I was amused to find there were 25 visits to this blog from the Isle of Man Government yesterday. I can’t imagine why this happened
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Ireland is a tax haven
The Irish Times reported yesterday that the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) had insisted in the D?°il (Parliament) that: Ireland is not being used as a Cayman
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Irish action
I was in action in the Irish press as well as that of the UK this last weekend. The Sunday Tribune ran a major feature
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Why was General Reinsurance fined?
There has been much comment on the size of the fines given by the Financial Services Authority to Warren Buffet’s company General Reinsurance. Most only
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Bono – ‘tax efficient manager’ maybe
The International Herald Tribune published an article on Bono’s tax activities yesterday. A certain Richard Murphy is quoted in the report (although I have no
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Tax competition
Earlier this week the CBI said that UK companies are planning to flee the UK because of our increasing tax burdens. John Christensen and I
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High tax states are competitive
The World Economic Forum has reported that Switzerland, Sweden and Finland are the most competitive economies in the world. According to a report on Tax
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