I spoke at the Compass rally for tax justice last night — and enjoyed the event. One story said a great deal. Cathy Cross —
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What next for tax havens? – 2 – The Foot Commission
So what that the OECD says Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man have a handful of almost meaningless Tax Information Exchange Agreements and have
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Tax justice – define, find, count, tax, reallocate, report
It has occurred to me that there are six stages in the process of creating Tax Justice. They are: Define It’s vital we agree what
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Ernst & Young: tax haven apologist
The Sunday Times has a good feature on tax havens / secrecy jurisdictions: Gordon Brown will urge G20 leaders meeting in London this week to
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Automatic information exchange is possible
One of the demands of the Put People First coalition that marched through London today was that countries be required to partake in automatic information
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Barclays – what to do – 4 – a general anti-avoidance principle
I’ve been discussing how to tackle Barclays Bank’s tax abuse. I’ve suggested we need a change in the way we interpret tax law. This would
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Barclays – what to do – 3 – change the way we interpret the law
I do not apologise for the fact that what follows is complicated — tackling Barclays won’t be easy. Equity or law? If we are to
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Barclays – what to do – 2 – a code of conduct for taxation
I have suggested there is much we can do to tackle the abuse that Barclays is perpetrating. One thing we can do is promote a
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Tax housing, and do it now
Polly Toynbee has written: Kick-starting the housing market is the urgent priority, isn’t it? So the government put money into preventing repossessions, and yesterday Northern
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