A comment was posted on one of my stories from August in the last couple of days. It reveals so much I thought I’d reproduce
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Cheating
Alex Hawkes at Accountancy Age has suggested that the government’s approach in new offshore abuse rules, previously discussed here, is Marxist. Dennis Howlett has suggested
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Tackling offshore abuse
KPMG’s reaction to the Treasury’s proposed new rules for controlled foreign companies that deal with the consequences of the Cadbury’s ruling is typical of many.
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Richest 2% own ‘half the wealth’
The BBC has reported on a new report from the World Institute for Development Economics Research at the UN University. If you do nothing else
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An offshore amnesty?
Reports of a tax amnesty for those who have been hiding cash in off-shore accounts are sweeping the UK’s accounting press. Reports suggest that the
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Films are not enough – it’s time for the Foreign Office to act
John Christensen reports on the TJN blog on yesterday’s launch of the new Foreign Office film on corruption. As he says: The film is a
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The Netherlands: A Tax Haven?
I guess it’s fairly obvious that there is a short answer to the above question. It is ‘yes’. The Netherlands is a notorious tax haven.
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Welcome attack on the ‘Monaco Millionaires’
It’s good to see the UK making moves to change some of its tax rules for the wealthy onto a more realistic basis. Late last
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Canada to move against tax havens
The Globe and Mail in Canada reports: Fresh from squeezing more tax dollars from income trusts, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says Ottawa is scrutinizing offshore
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