The new reports I have written that have been issued today under the title In the Shade and which address the enormous scale of the
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In the Shade: the UK’s missing economy
I issued the following press release last night: A new report, written by veteran tax campaigner and chartered accountant Richard Murphy and published jointly by
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A message of hope to Africa on tax
I have published a report this morning that was written as a briefing for the Africa Progress Panel in January 2014. They asked me to
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The EU elections and tax
The EU elections do not attract much tax interest. That’s a shame, because they should. Whilst it is true that the EU does not have
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It’s easier to get data on UK companies with bank accounts in Cayman than Stockport
There’s a perverse consequence of the new rules on beneficial ownership of companies announced today. Because the government has not adopted my recommendation that all
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Big business sides with the fraudsters, criminals and tax evaders
I have already written today on the subject of the government’s proposals to create a register of the beneficial ownership of companies, something I have
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The government has created a new honesty box for corporate fraudsters to disclose their crimes and I guarantee not one will
The government has announced today that: Measures to improve the transparency of who really owns and controls UK companies have been announced by Business Secretary
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If we want a new criminal tax penalty demand disclosure of all bank accounts, and target those who don’t report
As some will have noticed, I have been critical of George Osborne’s plans for new tax penalties over the weekend. There have been three reasons
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Section 2 of the Fraud Act lets offshore tax abuse be prosecuted now: so what else is Osborne going to do?
The government is claiming it cannot prosecute offshore tax evaders at present without proving intent on their part to evade tax if they omit information
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