I guess it’s fairly obvious that there is a short answer to the above question. It is ‘yes’. The Netherlands is a notorious tax haven.
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Gordon Brown’s sop to big business
There have been press reports that at a seminar on globalisation on Friday Gordon Brown offered tax concessions to big business. He’s offered to improve
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Welcome attack on the ‘Monaco Millionaires’
It’s good to see the UK making moves to change some of its tax rules for the wealthy onto a more realistic basis. Late last
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Stock option backdating – a fraud not far removed from tax avoidance
The Guardian has reported the latest person to reason in the corporate scandal sweeping across America where it has been discovered that maybe hundreds of
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Tax evasion: Highway to continued poverty
Good articles are coming thick and fast today. Take this one in the Nation Online from Malawi. What can I do but applaud an accountant
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Bono wasn’t the first
The Guardian brings news today that the Beatles had their financial affairs scrutinised by the Bank of England way back in the 70s. Which must
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Tax evasion – Turkish style
Reports suggest over 70% of income is not being declared for tax in Turkey. That might suggest the following to be the understatement of the
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Organised avoidance – the Jyske Bank
I’ve had my attention drawn to the Jyske Bank in Denmark. It says of itself: Jyske Bank employs a staff of more than 4,000 and
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Jersey, DVDs, CDs and tax abuse
Because I was out so much last week I have not mentioned the parliamentary debate on the above subject. I welcome what Dawn Primarily has
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