New from the Tax Justice Network this morning, and well worth watching, my old friend John Christensen talks economics and tax and justice with Naomi
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Beating financial secrecy: an explainer
I admit I do not agree with the Tax Justice Network simplistic view that tax funds government spending (because it doesn’t) but that apart this
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HMRC is right to worry offshore account holders
There appears to be some concern this morning at the lack of resources at HM Revenue & Customs. The Sunday Times is reporting that: The
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The biggest issue in tax justice is tax evasion
As the IMF has noted this week, the informal economies of the world – which are unrecorded and on which no tax is paid as
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HMRC plan to suspend the rule of law in the event of Brexit
The government has tabled the most extraordinary statutory instrument as a result of Brexit. It is called: The Cross-border Trade (Public Notices) (EU Exit) Regulations
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From modern monetary theory to modern taxation theory: a debate to be had
I had a paper published by the Real World Economic Review in the last few days. This is on modern monetary theory and taxation. The
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The UK trust is in decline and tax justice campaigns have played a key part in that
It is my habit to mark successes for tax justice. I see no reason why not. If campaigning does not change things it is not
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Tax spillovers at the Biarritz Summit
The next G7 summit is in Biarritz at the end of August. The G7 Research Group at the Munk Scool at the University of Toronto
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Freeports are tax havens whatever the government might say about them
This post by me was also on Left Foot Forward this morning: Boris Johnson is proposing that the UK should, post-Brexit, have at least ten
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