The following blog is by Alex Cobham, policy manager at Christian Aid, It first appeared on the blog of the Task Force on Financial Integrity
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Why tax avoidance is a breach of contract
I have the following post on the UK Uncut blog this morning. They used the title “If ever there was a campaign the Tories should
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Wealth helping wealth
In amongst the cuts there’s time for the Tories to ensure they help their own. As the FT reports: Tens of thousands of investors are
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How to make a protest against tax avoiding companies
The innovative blog on making a one person protest against tax avoiding companies has been updated. Read it here. And for those in doubt
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Vodafone website hijacked
Full marks to Clifford Singer at the False Economy web site for reporting that earlier today campaigners noticed that tax dodgers Vodafone were running a
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Pathetic bank levy when banks have had £19bn tax loss subsidy
Draft legislation for the new bank levy has been published. £2.5 bn a year is the best estimate of what it will raise. I agree
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Tackling the tax avoiding bankers on their bonuses
The FT notes this morning: More than 50,000 high earners in the UK face a crackdown on offshore trusts used to avoid tax on bonuses,
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One woman’s Top Shop protest
I loved the initiative in this by Bryony Evens: While big businesses like Philip Green’s Arcadia Group or Vodafone are able to avoid paying their
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What a General Anti-avoidance Principle might look like
This amendment to the 2009 Finance Bill was tabled for discussion last July by the Lib Dems: ‘(1) If, when determining the liability of a
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