Tim Worstall has raised questions with regard to country by country reporting. As he says: Country by country reporting is being held up as the
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Abusive MPs and tax haven accountants – any difference?
I have this on Comment is Free today: My two sons are practising for a school production of Oliver right now. One irritating consequence is
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Microsoft’s bottom line
How Obama’s tax reforms could impact Microsoft’s bottom line – TechFlash: Seattle’s Technology News Source. Microsoft has complained that Obama’s attack on tax havens will
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MPs’ tax probe on profit from their second homes
MPs’ tax probe on profit from their string of house ‘swaps’ | The Sun |News. I spent a lot of time this weekend talking to
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General Anti-Avoidance Principle to be proposed in the Commons
This from the blog of Michael Meacher MP: Next Tuesday and Wednesday the Commons will be debating the Committee stage of the Finance Bill on
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More comment on yesterday’s debate in parliament
More comment here — by Paul Sagar and well worth reading, covering dimensions I have not touched. As does TJN — who pick up on
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The tax gap debate in Parliament yesterday
There was another dimension to yesterday’s debate in parliament on tax avoidance and tax evasion. This referred to the Tax Gap. As Vince Cable noted,
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Conservatives in denial?
More from Hansard and the debate on tax avoidance yesterday, from Tony Baldry MP: [I]n none of the briefings that I have been sent have
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What would a general anti-avoidance provision look like?
I was discussing this question with a friend today. He wanted to know what such a provision would look like. I said I’d been told
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