Rowena Mason noted in the Guardian yesterday that Sunak has not made many big statements on tax. Nor has he had a lot to say
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The fight against tax havens was worth it
Back in 2o12 I leaked to the International Tax Review that the UK was finally going to crack down on the absence of tax transparency
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If the Big 4 can quit Russia they can quit Cayman, the BVI, Jersey, the Isle of Man, Bermuda and others too
The FT has reported this morning that: PwC and KPMG have severed ties with their businesses in Russia and Belarus, becoming the first Big Four
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A political commitment to transparency has to be our reaction to this war. Our contribution to ‘never again’, if you like.
I have just posted this thread on Twitter: To pretend that the world is anything like that we lived in two or so weeks ago.
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If the Economic Crimes Bill is to be meaningful it has to make UK professionals responsible for what they are doing
The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill 2022 will be debated by the Commons on Monday, with the aim that it passes in a day. The
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The UK has been corrupted and accountants, lawyers and bankers are to blame
Andrew Rawnsley wrote this in The Observer yesterday: Once upon a time, Britons would have been astonished and appalled to find scandal simultaneously bespoiling their
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Credit Suisse: what we need to know is whether there are problems now so that the corruption threat we face today can be eliminated
The Guardian and other newspapers around the world are going to town this m morning on the fact that they have another leak from banks
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We need a war on the corruption that lets world leaders think they can claim assets illicitly
I have just Tweeted this thread: There is talk of war this morning. A thread…. Putin clearly agreed to take no action against Ukraine during
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Tax haven cities of the UK?
I missed this announcement on 23 December: These are the places applying to be cities in 2022: Peel, Isle of Man; Douglas, Isle of Man;
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