One of Rishi Sunak’s big plans for the UK is the introduction of so-called ‘freeports’. He has been promoting them for a long time, and
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Doing it automatically: the case for international tax cooperation has been won
This is reposted from the Tax Justice Network with permission. It is written by Alex Cobham, the TJN CEO. I co-authored Tax Us If You
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Another campaign win, this time to the tune of €5 trillion now subject to tax
The offshore finance sector used to laugh at the tax justice movement when we claimed there were trillions of undeclared assets offshore in tax havens.
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Why has it taken HMRC so long to tackle tax fraud on sites like Amazon and eBay?
As the FT reported last night: Online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay face being forced to collect value added tax on UK sales made
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There are such things as good accountants
As many readers here will now be aware, amongst my other activities I am a columnist for AccountingWEB, of which I was a contributing editor
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The Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project
The Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project is a new initiative that I am creating which will be published in the first instance as a series
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Tax abuse, tax havens and Modern Monetary Theory
I was asked yesterday on this blog why issues such as tax abuse and the use of tax havens remain important when modern monetary theory
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Could tax haven wealth help tackle coronavirus?
I’m resting, but others are blogging. This is from Nick Shaxson at the Tax Justice Network, with permission: Could the wealth in tax havens help
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How to help the self-employed through this crisis without a universal basic income – which we cannot deliver right now
There has been much discussion over the last few days about the desirability of a universal basic income (UBI) for the United Kingdom. Demand for
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