The Vatican published a paper on corruption last month. It doesn’t matter that you’re not a Catholic: it doesn’t matter that you don’t believe in
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Accountants – purveryors of anti-social behaviour
Accountancy Age published a letter from me today. The letter as submitted said: I note your report (October 12) on the future of tax avoidance.
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Tax evasion – a threat to democratic government
Sweden provides yet more evidence of what happens when democratically elected politicians are found to be tax avoiders (and maybe evaders). The new centre-right government
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Early Day Motion on Tax Avoidance
The UK’s Parliament has an odd mechanism called an ‘Early Day Motion’ (EDM). These are explained in detail here. What they really do is give
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BBC Panorama – David Mills
I was pleased to take part in BBC’s Panorama programme last night. The programme discussed David Mills, the former husband of UK cabinet minister Tessa
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Conservative indifference to offshore
I have an article in the London Evening Standard today (on which more, later) in which I say the Tories are doing some things right
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More power to the Revenue
Accountancy Age has reported plans for new powers for the UK’s HM Revenue & Customs to be included in a new Fraud Bill to be
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Jersey shoots itself in the foot
Jersey’s new trust laws have been the subject to some comment on this site, and in the Jersey and UK national press, at least partly
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The Jersey response to their civil servant’s emails
The Jersey Evening Post has published two articles resulting from publication of the emails sent in error by a Jersey civil servant to the Observer
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