As the TUC and many papers report this morning: Despite being rescued by taxpayers during the crash, UK banks will avoid paying £19 billion of
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AccountingWEB has reported: The Court of Appeal quashed accountants’ hopes of being granted legal privilege for their tax advice in a decision in the Prudential
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A Harvard Business School report lat year noted: This study investigates whether private equity (PE) firms influence the tax practices of their portfolio firms. Prior
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As the Telegraph reports: Asda has settled a £115m dispute with HM Revenue & Customs after the supermarket chain claimed tax deductions on excessive royalties
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The cut George Osborne announced on Monday in child benefit for any family where one parent has a higher rate tax liability must be seen
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I’ve just blogged a letter sent to the FT by some of the leaders of the UK’s financial services industry in which they say: If
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There was a letter in the FT a couple of days ago I missed whilst in Bergen. It said (and I do not apologise for
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I spoke at the launch of a new report I have written last evening in Bergen, Norway. The report is entitled ‘Investments for Development: Derailed
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From the blog of the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development: A debate was held on transparency and extractive industries in Africa at
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