LexisNexis makes its money form selling tax legislation, and let’s be honest – publications on tax avoidance. It’s holding a conference on 15 May in
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Michael Meacher MP spoke on tax justice in the budget debate. It’s one of the fullest speeches on the subject in the House of Commons,
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Wow, how convenient. Two days after the budget Yahoo has announced its quitting the UK for Switzerland. Stage managed or what? But, hang on a
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Polly Toynbee is typically blunt in this morning’s Guardian. She laments that: Labour never talks up its children’s programme except to the poverty charities. But
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Accountancy Age has reported that the Budget should raise £1.7 billion form anti avoidance measures, most aimed at companies. This, of course, is welcome, but
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I met with Tim Voak, Group Tax Director and Emma Reynolds, head of Government Affairs at Tescos yesterday. It’s true that they had not planned
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Tescos was avoiding stamp duty in its Cayman joint ventures. This has been stopped in the budget. The budget notes say: Who is likely to
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What budget? After 30 minutes I’ve found nothing to comment upon bar: 1) Domicile rule changes are confirmed as published,a nd will not change again
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For those who don’t know today is UK budget day. This is what I want to hear and might hope for: 1) A commitment to
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