Just as Loughlin Hickey at KPMG says that “a purely legalistic approach to tax law design and revenue collection is not enough” then John Cullinane
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The FT misses the target on tax competition
The FT ran a story on tax competition today. Because FT stories are difficult to access, and because this seems important I have prepared my
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Who are KPMG trying to kid?
KPMG have circulated a news release following the successful meeting of the OECD in Seoul where 35 tax administrations agreed to co-operate more closely to
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An accountant at the UN
The UN is not the place at which you expect to go as an accountant. But I assure you, it is interested in the subject
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Does HSBC know what it is doing?
It’s been reported that HSBC are thinking of leaving the UK because of our tax system. It is said that the group’s head of financial
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High tax states are competitive
The World Economic Forum has reported that Switzerland, Sweden and Finland are the most competitive economies in the world. According to a report on Tax
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You can’t have it both ways
The Adam Smith Institute Blog has an article on it today talking about the moral case for low taxes. I’ll refrain from pointing out that
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Heavy Mittal
I mentioned I’ve been doing a fair amount of work for the conventional printed media of late: today brings publication of another report in which
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Economists offer no solution on tax
The EU held a seminar entitled ‘Corporate tax competition and coordination in the European Union’ on 25 September and it was my misfortune to attend.
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