I have sent the letter that follows to Pascal St Amans, head of tax at the OECD, this morning. The signatories were all involved in
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It’s time to celebrate a global tax deal, and then to ask what’s next for tax justice to deliver
The OECD’s new global tax deal has been ratified by the G20, to no great surprise to anyone. There is almost universal condemnation of this
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Why the tax justice movement needs to move its thinking on
As I noted in a post at the weekend, the OECD has now concluded its latest global corporation tax deal. It is imperfect. It was
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It’s time to celebrate a global tax deal that delivers much for tax justice – and to now move on to other more pressing tax issues that need more attention now
The OECD global tax deal has been signed by 140 countries and jurisdictions. Some are claiming it represents a sell-out by the OECD and a
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Why are so many well known firms of accountants still operating in tax havens?
The Pandora Papers continue to draw attention to tax abuse. As I mentioned yesterday, the real need is to mention solutions though. We have known
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The Pandora Papers are old news: the question is whether the measures now being taken are already impacting what is happening offshore?
I have not given the so-called Pandora Papers that are exciting some of the media and the tax justice movement much attention. There are a number
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The government’s lax approach to company regulation is permitting fraud that it is doing nothing to stop
I welcome this editorial from the FT this morning: There is nothing much in the editorial that I have not said before. It is, however,
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It’s time for civil society to engage with the OECD to deliver the global tax deal developing countries need
Very soon detailed negotiations on the OECD’s proposed new global corporation tax deal will recommence, with many issues still on the table for agreement. John
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HMRC’s tax gap measure suggests that its claims to be making the tax system easier to use are not justified
As I noted earlier today HMRC published their tax gap data for 2020 this morning. I have been distracted all day by other demands, but
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