From Aditya Chakrabortty’s (excellent as usual) column in the Guardian this morning: [On tax avoidance], Sorrell goes one better [than Philip Green]. In September 2008, he wrote
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The slides for my presentation at CLASS today
I’ve just presented a paper at CLASS – the Centre for Labour and Social Studies – on progressive taxation and how we might create the
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Why the European Parliament and Council of Europe resolutions on tax havens are important
Those who support tax havens and dislike fair markets (and that’s most on the right wing of politics) were keen to point out that resolutions in the last couple of
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The Council of Europe demands the end of tax haven abuse and the introduction of country-by-country reporting
Strasbourg, 27.04.2012 — The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has demanded a series of steps to end what it calls “massive tax
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Tax Justice Focus – the Occupy edition
The Occupy edition of Tax Justice Focus has just been published and is available for download here: www.taxjustice.net/cms/upload/pdf/TJF_7-1-2_Occupy.pdf This edition of Tax Justice Focus explores how
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The April TaxCast is out
This tax debate is not about the politics of envy, it is about the economics of justice – and it’s Max Hastings saying that
There’s an extraordinary piece in the Mail today by Max Hastings. I’m not saying it’s seminal, but it’s all evidence for my belief that something
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Why Osborne had no right to be surprised – according to the Observer
This morning’s Observer editorial is essential reading. Amongst its many insights is this one: The trigger for Osborne’s action [on tax relief on charitable donations] is a
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The 5 Rs and 10 Cs of a good tax system
There are demands in the press today that the left think out just what it wants from our tax system. I have already explained that there are
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