The OECD published the 79 comments it received on its consultation on the future of its version of country-by-country reporting yesterday. I should make a confession
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The Tories are still on the side of the tax cheats
There was a debate in the Commons on the tax gap yesterday. Labour initiated it. John McDonnell led the attack for them. You can read
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Journals, papers and prizes
I admit that I was pleased to be advised that a journal paper I co-authored with Dr Petr Jansky and Prof Atul Shah entitled ‘BEPS
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Financial Secrecy: a curse that still plagues the world
In 2009 I directed the first ever iteration of the Tax Justice Network Financial Secrecy Index. It has come a long way since then, in
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Tax expenditures cost the UK £155 billion a year – and in many cases no one knows what benefit we get
I think it worth sharing the following press release from the National Audit Office, issued this morning: Today the National Audit Office (NAO) publishes a
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Freeports will hardly be a game-changer for the British economy
I have given some attention to freeports over recent weeks, but I admit much I learned on the issues has come from my friend and
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Entrepreneur’s relief: an exercise in the tax system redistributing wealth upwards
Last summer I wrote this about the so-called Entrepreneur’s Relief that UK capital gains tax provides: Capital gains tax Entrepreneurs Relief does, in essence, reduce the
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Freeports: time to have your say on the government’s plan to create onshore tax havens within the UK
The government announced its freeport consultation a few minutes ago. This is what the website says on this exercise: The government is working to boost
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Johnson’s true Brexit objectives were revealed by the video he released last night
I watched Johnson’s tawdry little video about the UK leaving the EU this morning: I had not the slightest inclination to do so last night.
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