An American judge once said “Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.” He was right. Tax is central to our way of
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The Tax Justice Network has published the following blog, which is simply too important to ignore. So, with their permission I reproduce it, in full.
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As the FT notes: UBS, the world’s second biggest wealth manager by assets, said that recent tax changes affecting Swiss bank secrecy would enable foreign
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I am amused by a story published today by CayCompass.com that says: Suspicious financial activity reports presented to the Cayman Islands’ finance industry watchdog group
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I liked this letter in the Irish Times today, so I hope they’ll forgive me reproducing it in full: When the need for public money
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No, not my words, unsurprisingly. I spoke this lunchtime at a debate organised by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation. This organisation says
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David McNair of Christian Aid has an article on Comment is Free at the Guardian this morning. Talking about the proposed tax agreement with Switzerland
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My sources tell me that: The European commission has realised that the [proposed UK and German] DTAs [with Switzerland]  would compromise the EU work on
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The Guardian reports this morning: Thousands of higher rate taxpayers, who pay 50% tax on their income in the UK, will be allowed to keep
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