I’ve had my attention drawn to the Jyske Bank in Denmark. It says of itself: Jyske Bank employs a staff of more than 4,000 and
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Jersey, DVDs, CDs and tax abuse
Because I was out so much last week I have not mentioned the parliamentary debate on the above subject. I welcome what Dawn Primarily has
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Transparency Intenational – a long way to go
My Tax Justice Network colleague John Christensen has covered the release of the 2006 edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. As John says: I
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PWC, Switzerland and its ‘enticing tax benefits’
Every now and again you have to be reminded of the anti-social, anti-democratic forces we’re up against. So, I thought I’d give some publicity to
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Bono – ‘tax efficient manager’ maybe
The International Herald Tribune published an article on Bono’s tax activities yesterday. A certain Richard Murphy is quoted in the report (although I have no
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Andrew Goodall on tax havens
Early Day Motion on Tax Avoidance
The UK’s Parliament has an odd mechanism called an ‘Early Day Motion’ (EDM). These are explained in detail here. What they really do is give
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Tax competition
Earlier this week the CBI said that UK companies are planning to flee the UK because of our increasing tax burdens. John Christensen and I
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A little learning is a dangeous thing
My colleague in the Tax Justice Network used the above title for his pithy, even forthright comments on a speech by the Bailiff of Jersey
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