This has just been posted as a comment on my blog and I have a strong suspicion that Dafydd Robert’s (who wrote it) logic is
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The UK declares economic warfare on its Gibraltar tax haven
It’s a little ironic that as the UK demands fair treatment for Gibraltar from Spain it has had to itself declare war on Gibraltar as
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A note to Labour: content matters and communication matters. But principles matter even more.
John Harris has a fascinating analysis of what’s wrong with Labour in the Guardian this morning: I recommend it. I think that the piece includes
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What do you do to oppress people? Turn their state into a tax haven?
I have for a long time, along with Ronen Palan, John Christensen, Nick Shaxson and others, argued that tax haven activity is in part about
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How to make sure almost every buy-to-let landlord is taxed in two easy steps
Buy-to-let property ownership is rising, most of it fuelled by cheap loans. According to HMRC this is a major area of tax fraud. Large numbers
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Rentier Britain booms as the rest suffers
As the Guardian has noted this morning: Britain’s buy-to-let mortgage market has surged to levels not seen since the 2008 financial crash, prompting fears that
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It’s time we had a proper pro-business agenda in this country. It’s called tax justice.
I’ve been on both Sky and BBC Scotland this morning talking about the fact that HM Revenue and Customs has today again published the names and photographs of
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The OECD has conceded that the tax justice argument is right. Agreeing what to do about it is the harder thing to do
The OECD has, in its Base Erosion and Profits Shifting (BEPS) report published today accepted that international tax competition when exploited by multinational corporations causes harm. As it says:
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Will we get central registries on beneficial ownership at the G8? It’s hanging in the balance – and with it Cameron’s reputation
One of David Cameron’s main aims for the G8 has been to get central registries of the beneficial ownership of all companies and maybe trusts.
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