I am grateful to Carol Wilcox who wrote to her Conservative MEP to ask why he had voted against the resolution in the EU parliament
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There are ways to tackle corporate abuse, and many of them start with tax justice
The Observer editorial today addresses the issue of unethical behaviour my major companies. As they say: Looking back over the last seven years, one thing
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If the Conservatives are so keen on tackling tax abuse why did they vote against doing so in the EU Parliament?
This week saw a major motion on measures to be taken to tackle tax abuse passed by the EU Parliament. I do, of course, welcome
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The UK and BEPS: a facilitator or impediment to progress?
I have made a submission to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Responsible Taxation this morning in response to its consultation on the Organisation for Economic
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The EU Parliament has just demanded that the Commission get off the fence on tax avoidance. But will they?
I gather that the EU Parliament has just voted to approve the package of tax demands of the EU Commission previously made by the Economic
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John Kay on tax: so right, and so wrong
John Kay has an article on tax in the FT this morning which ends saying this: Tax is thus a moral issue. Not because we
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Starbucks, tax and cluelessness
Starbucks claims to have paid £8.1m in corporation tax at a rate of 24% last year. But as the Guardian noted I had this to say:
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The EU has a choice when it comes to austerity
It’s not just emissions
I think this headline in the Guardian is telling: VW admits emissions scandal was caused by ‘whole chain’ of failures German carmaker says company suffered
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