The US Senate held a hearing on the Tax Gap earlier this week. Three organisations submitted evidence, of which one was Citizens for Tax Justice,
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Send a gunboat
China has realised that tax evasion has a direct cost on ordinary people. The China Daily reported today that: Cutting taxes for low-income earners and
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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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Tescos to Switzerland?
I’ve heard rumour that Tescos.com is going to Switzerland. The reason is simple. It’s being thrown out of Jersey who are trying to clean up
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Land tax
I’ve never been convinced that land taxation is the ultimate solution to the taxation problem, although I am aware of the Georgist view. But I
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Accounting for tax
In the USA the Federal Accounting Standards Board has ruled that its publication FIN48 will apply to all accounts beginning after 15 December 2006. That’s
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Laffer fails again
President Bush’s magic bullet for the US economy was tax cuts. He gave them to the richest in society, because as his advisers tell him,
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Western bankers and lawyers ‘rob Africa of $150bn every year’
The Observer covered the Tax Justice Network for Africa conference in Nairobi in yesterday’s edition. Nick Mathiason is a better journalist than I’ll ever be.
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How much tax does it cost for Google to create a job?
I always get a little annoyed when those who suggest that commerce is the only way to create wealth ignore the fact that those companies
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