Tax incentives produce perverse effects - another nail in the Celtic Tiger's coffin
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006The Irish Sunday Times ran an interesting article today. Anyone should read it for the mixed package of messages it offers. First of all ordinary
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The WSJ – on Barclays and its tax trick
Friday, June 30th, 2006The WSJ — on Barclays and its tax tricks The Wall Street Journal has published an article on the tricks that a team at Barclays
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There is no Celtic Tiger
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006OK, I’m an Irishman (after all, what did you expect with a name like Murphy?). Alright, I was brought up in the UK, but 27
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Tax professionals whould know better
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Peter Penneycard, National Director of Tax at PKF, is quoted as saying “There is a huge gap between fraud and tax planning but the Government’s
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Taxpayer's Alliance whistling in the wind
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006The Taxpayer’s Alliance and others have called for the Treasury to develop a dynamic model of taxation at the weekend. But as is so often
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Jersey VAT abuse
Friday, June 23rd, 2006The Forum of Private Business in the UK, inspired by a remarkable record shop owner turned campaigner Richard Allen, has been campaigning against the VAT
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7 out of 6 in Accountancy Age
Friday, June 23rd, 2006Is it a bit vain to blow your own trumpet? Well, maybe, but I admit I was amused to find I had been featured in
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'Sir' Philip Green - the rewards of tax avoidance
Monday, June 19th, 2006Nick Cohen wrote eloquently in the Observer yesterday about the knighthood given to Philip Green. He noted that: “in the spring, the BBC’s Money Programme
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Jersey passes law allowing ‘sham’ trusts for use by tax evaders
Thursday, June 15th, 2006I have always had a considerable problem with the concept of trusts, even as a practicing tax accountant. But I have much more of a
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