At yesterday’s ECOFIN meeting the EU increased its commitment to tax cooperation to tackle tax evasion. It said: TAX ISSUES IN AGREEMENTS WITH THIRD COUNTRIES
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Forbes has reported that: A federal judge in Southern Florida today unsealed an indictment charging two foreign bankers, one a former private banker for UBS
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The Right are out in force, commenting on the Christian Aid report. I wrote this in reply on the Spectator blog this morning: There’s always
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Thanhniennews.com has reported: At the [Vietnamese] National Assembly session, the government filed a report saying 2006’s tax revenues collected from foreign-invested businesses were around VND1.97
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I have been asked this question yet again today. I have a five step plan: 1) Increase the tax threshold at which tax is paid
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This is Christian Aid week in the UK. Christian Aid launches its annual report linked to that week today. It is called Death and Taxes.
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The Tax Justice Network for Africa issued this press release today: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2008 Lusaka, Zambia Africa has lost $607 billion (US).
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The sheer arrogance of some people and companies is staggering. I presume they think that because they’re big and command considerable resources the rest of
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The FT has reported that: One of the most senior private bankers at UBS, the world’s leading wealth manager, has been detained by authorities in
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