The Guardian did a feature on private equity yesterday. There was a response from the industry today. What was disappointing about the article, and this
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Some stories run and run
It’s good to see that some stories just run and run. Bono’s use of the Netherlands to minimise his tax bills is one of them.
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Closing the Floodgates – new Tax Justice Network report
The finance needed for development was once thought to be aid. Then it was debt relief, shortly followed by fair trade. All have a role,
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Jersey goes 0/10 – and its politicians line up to quit
Jersey has voted through its new 0/10 tax laws. What this means is that it will in two years time have a 0% corporation tax
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Send a gunboat
China has realised that tax evasion has a direct cost on ordinary people. The China Daily reported today that: Cutting taxes for low-income earners and
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Offshore hedging increases risk
Interesting to note that the FT reports the following this morning: Man Group’s US brokerage has told a US court that a subsidiary of UBS,
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Paranoid, or what?
I found the following on the web pages of Mutual Trust: The tax authorities of the major industrial nations have become more sophisticated and their
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Jersey – beginning to sink
As readers of this blog will be aware, I take an interest in the economic and taxation affairs of Jersey. That’s partly because I advised
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Jersey – lying again
The Jersey Economic Development Plan 2007 is published by the Minister for Economic Development. It says on page 12 that the values underpinning the plan
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