The Observer ran a story under the above title yesterday. I had the following to say in it: Even if the super-rich deserve every penny
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Tax avoidance and development just do not mix (someone please tell Bon0)
I’ve been called by quite a lot of news agencies about the Bono story, which has not hit the New York Times. This is what
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Tax and corruption
Dennis Howlett and I have an interesting relationship. We are both natural bloggers. Sometimes we agree: sometimes we don’t! Dennis has commented on ‘Closing the
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Wal-Mart free-riding the system
The Wall Street Journal did one of its regular, and well researched reports on tax last week. I was so bogged down in writing the
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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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Let’s get the defintion of fraud right
KPMG are reporting that: Fraud cases involving sums of more than £100,000 rose to 277 in 2006, from 222 in the previous year, according to
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Bono – back in the news – and way off track
Bono is back in the news. He’s been at Davos telling the great and good what to do, but Bloomberg’s have decided to draw attention
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It’s true – we are working on a Code of Conduct for tax
Word has leaked that the Tax Justice Network is working on a draft Code of Conduct for Taxation. As Finance Director put it: The Tax
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Barclays plundering Africa
It’s fertile territory for tax in Kenya right now. As my previous entry showed, the Kenyan tax system is assisting some Kenyans to get very
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