This is the fourth in a series of videos on where I think tax justice should be going in 2021 to both build on and
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Tax justice should meet the tax gap in 2021
The tax justice movement has come a long way in the eighteen years or so it has been going, but there is still a long
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It is vital that companies are accountable for their tax – but existing accounting rules do not require that
I have published a report this morning that reviews tax disclosures in the accounts of Tesco plc. The question I asked is ‘do the accounts
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The Tax Justice Network’s review of the State of Tax Justice is not credible
I have this morning published a new report that considers the appropriateness of the claims made in the Tax Justice Network’s (TJN) State of Tax
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We need a vaccination programme for the world and it is possible for countries like the UK to fund it from new taxation. The question is, will we?
I am expecting some modern monetary theory (MMT) directed criticism for having signed and posted the letter from a wide range of activists, practitioners and
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What are the questions that the G7 finance ministers tax deal gives rise to?
I have prepared this note this morning. A PDF version is here. Global tax reform _____ What are the questions that the weekend agreement on a
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The G7 tax deal: a first reaction says there is a long way to go to get this right as yet
Rishi Sunak issued this Tweet not long ago: the video in it can be played: https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1401133898847948803?s=20 He followed up with these tweets: What does this
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UK company law and tax enforcement is so bad it’s almost as if the government wanted to encourage tax abuse
The Guardian ran an excellent article yesterday on the likely tax abuse inherent in the outsourced Covid track and trace contracts. As they recounted: Many
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All tax competition is harmful
Back in 1998 the OECD, the Paris based organisation that seeks to set the rules for cooperation on world tax, issued a document with this
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