It’s oft repeated here by friends of tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions that the world I describe and the world Nick Shaxson describes is out
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The Guardian, amongst others, reports HMRC’s plan to get tough on pesistent tax evaders, and at the same time notes my concern about the scheme.
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The economics editor of the Independent has written a review of Nick Shaxson’s book, Treasure Islands. To be candid, it’s easily the most cynical to
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A German magazine, NZZ (not available on line) ha noted that Austria is now holding out against reform of the European Union Savings Tax Directive.
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Toby Young is animated on the Telegraph blog this morning. It seems that my blog about his review of Nick Shaxson’s book ‘Treasure Islands” got
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From the Indian Business Standard: Liechtenstein has declined help in India’s quest to trace suspected black money stashed in the small but rich European country
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Accountancy Age features an interview today with Dave Hartnett, boss of H M Revenue & Customs. TThere seem to be two key messages he is
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Questions have been raised about how I define the difference between tax avoidance and tax compliance. Following my blog on the ethics of tax avoidance
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The following blog is by Alex Cobham, policy manager at Christian Aid, It first appeared on the blog of the Task Force on Financial Integrity
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