The Bishop of the Isle of Man asked an interesting question in the Isle of Man’s parliament – the Tynwald – yesterday (in which he
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Radio 4 this morning, discussing information exchange on beneficial ownership
Quite a lot of people seemed to like my contribution to the Today programme on Radio 4 this morning discussing information exchange on beneficial ownership
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Can a government committed to closing all but 14 of the UK’s tax offices be serious about tackling tax abuse?
One of the regular commentators on this blog who does, I believe, work for HMRC made this comment last night: And then there is the
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Labour’s ten point anti-tax abuse plan is a good start
Labour has, according to the Mirror, published the following ten point tax plan: 1 An immediate public inquiry “to establish the harm done to the
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France and Germany need to deliver more than words on tax havens
As David Cameron was very clearly failing to deliver any change in the behaviour and practice of the UK’s tax havens as a result of
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If Cameron is serious about tax abuse then he’s backing the wrong law
According to the Guardian David Cameron is seeking to deflect attention from his own tax affairs by introducing a new law that will make companies
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The FCA has to deliver a systemic response to the Panama Papers, not token gesture enquiries
According to the FT: The UK’s financial regulator has given banks and other financial firms until next week to carry out urgent reviews of whether
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This little piggy
This little piggy was a banker, This little piggy did accounts, This little piggy was a lawyer, This little piggy lived offshore, And this little
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Fisking Robert Peston on tax avoidance
Robert Peston posted this on Twitter three hours ago: And for the record, here’s the link. And, also for the record, it’s hard to see
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