In researching ‘Closing the Floodgates’ for TJN I came across a number of web sites offering anonymous debit card accounts. Most (but not all) are
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These banks should be ashamed of themselves
I have been reading the opinion of the Special Commissioner who heard the applications from the Revenue to obtain information from four UK high street
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Wal-Mart free-riding the system
The Wall Street Journal did one of its regular, and well researched reports on tax last week. I was so bogged down in writing the
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KPMG plead guilty
Forbes and others have reported on KPMG’s latest tax misfortunes, this time in Texas. KPMG have pleaded guilty to 96 tax offences, accepted the maximum
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The US Tax Gap
The US Senate held a hearing on the Tax Gap earlier this week. Three organisations submitted evidence, of which one was Citizens for Tax Justice,
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Paranoid, or what?
I found the following on the web pages of Mutual Trust: The tax authorities of the major industrial nations have become more sophisticated and their
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Tescos to Switzerland?
I’ve heard rumour that Tescos.com is going to Switzerland. The reason is simple. It’s being thrown out of Jersey who are trying to clean up
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How much tax does it cost for Google to create a job?
I always get a little annoyed when those who suggest that commerce is the only way to create wealth ignore the fact that those companies
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Guernsey – putting anti-avoidance rules to use
Sometimes a tax haven does something that is blunt, even crude, and yet seems indicative of what is right. Take Guernsey for example. It was
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