The sheer arrogance of some people and companies is staggering. I presume they think that because they’re big and command considerable resources the rest of
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BAT: The next to head for Ireland?
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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The answer to relocation
Lawrence Summers, formerly U.S. Treasury Secretary and ex-president of Harvard University, has just written a thoughtful column in the Financial Times. This is discussed on
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Action Aid: Using Tax Research methodology to show how every child could get an education
Action Aid issued a press release this morning saying: ActionAid welcomes Gordon Brown’s initiative to reduce world poverty – the Call to Action – and
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There’s none so blind
I noted the following comment had been written on a blog a while back: Richard Murphy is an expert in a field which he and
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To Tesco, an apology
This apology is correct. It became obvious the Guardian got this story wrong, at least in part, after it was published. I’m afraid there was
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Corporation tax exodus: it is really an issue?
The FT and many other papers have comment on the so-called exodus of companies leaving the UK. So far it is just two, UBM and
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India makes another strike for source based taxation
India is doing a great job for the developing and intermediate states of the world right now with regard to taxation. In the Vodafone case
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Tescos sues the Guardian
The Telegraph (amongst others) has reported that: Tesco is to take legal action against the Guardian newspaper and its editor Alan Rusbridger after a series
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