I have already posted about my new estimate of the EU’s tax gap and noted that the estimate only relates to tax evasion. In my
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The EU tax gap is at least €825 billion a year
I have this morning published a new estimate of the tax gap in the EU. The report that supports this estimate was commissioned by the Socialists and
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Guess what? EU multinational corporations do not pay the tax that we expect of them
I am pleased to share this from the EU’s Greens in the European Parliament, published today: New research commissioned by the Greens/EFA Group in the
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Is HMRC letting big business off the tax hook?
HMRC have announced a new tax amnesty. And this time it is for big business. It’s called the Profit Diversion Compliance Facility, and what it
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A work programme for 2019 – in pursuit of the sustainable economy that we need
As I have made clear, there are a great many reasons to be worried about the economy and related political issues in 2019. The sense
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Locating tax risk – the way to tackle illicit financial flows
These are the slides for the talk I presented in Beirut this afternoon: Locating tax risk – the way to tackle illicit financial flows 1
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The need for better tax systems to tackle illicit financial flows
It has been fascinating to listen to His Excellency, Mr Mahmoud Mohieldoin, Senior Vice President of the World Bank, speak in Beirut this morning. Havign
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Beirut morning: where are the accountants willing to discuss illicit financial flows?
I am in Beirut to discuss the impact of illicit financial flows (IFF), including tax abuse, on developing countries. The issue is enormous. UN ESCWA,
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The tax gap and how to tackle it
I am off to Beirut this morning to speak at a UN conference. The theme is tackling illicit financial flows. I will be talking the
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