I have not given the so-called Pandora Papers that are exciting some of the media and the tax justice movement much attention. There are a number
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The government’s lax approach to company regulation is permitting fraud that it is doing nothing to stop
I welcome this editorial from the FT this morning: There is nothing much in the editorial that I have not said before. It is, however,
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It’s time for civil society to engage with the OECD to deliver the global tax deal developing countries need
Very soon detailed negotiations on the OECD’s proposed new global corporation tax deal will recommence, with many issues still on the table for agreement. John
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HMRC’s tax gap measure suggests that its claims to be making the tax system easier to use are not justified
As I noted earlier today HMRC published their tax gap data for 2020 this morning. I have been distracted all day by other demands, but
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What can be done about tax havens?
In the first four videos in this series on tax havens I have explored how they work, what they abuse, and why that abuse should
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Why are tax havens harmful?
In the first three videos in this series on tax havens I explored why tax havens should really be called secrecy jurisdictions, what tax havens
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How do tax havens work?
In this third video in a series on tax havens I look at how tax havens work. As I explained in the first video in
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What are tax havens used for?
In this, the second in a series of five videos on tax havens, I look at what tax havens are now used for. Because of
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What is a tax haven?
When I first began working on tax havens in the early years of this century it quickly became very clear that there was no precise
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