Accountancy Age reports that Michael Parkinson has dropped out of the totally artificial tax planning schemes organised by UK accountants Vantis. The schemes involved four
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John Christensen of Tax Justice Network and Nick Shaxson, an adviser to it, both feature prominently in a podcast for New Internationalist on tax justice
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Just how to define a tax haven has been a problem for some of the best tax minds. The OECD and IMF have tried, and
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A Norwegian reader asked recently on this site: Why would a state actively strive to become a tax heaven (as you mean UK is/is becoming)
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The FT has reported: Hutchison Telecommunications International, the Hong Kong-based company, has booked a tax-free windfall of HK$69.3bn (US$8.9bn) from the sale of its Indian
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The US is targeting the biggest tax havens in the world. The FT reports that: A pledge by Democrats in Congress to crack down on
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A petition has been created on the 10 Downing Street web site to stop tax abusers using the rules allowing the striking off of companies
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John Redwood’s tome for the Conservatives continues to offer insane policy suggestions. Take this one: [I]t would be useful to have an independent study of
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The Jersey Evening Post reported yesterday (sorry, no permalink and reproduced in the public interest as a result) that: THE Treasury department has 18 months
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