Christian Aid have pointed out that: Nearly a quarter of the world’s major tax havens on a “blacklist” published today by the European Commission are
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The EU says its getting tough on tax, but isn’t
The EU has announced its new corporation tax action plan. It says: Today the Commission presented an Action Plan to fundamentally reform corporate taxation in
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There’s still a lot to do on Base Erosion and Profits Shifting
The BEPS Monitoring Group (BMG), a body of which I am a member and which is led by TJN Senior Adviser Prof Sol Picciotto, is a civil
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The Greek party won’t end without a bang – and that’s the problem
There’s no way Greece can leave the Euro quietly. The people of Greece have suffered too much for too long at the altar of monetary
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Shell wants to keep the tax world as it is – unsurprisingly
The FT reports this morning that: One of Europe’s largest companies has warned that tensions over a planned crackdown on corporate tax avoidance pose a
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The Fair Tax Pledge in the FT
This comes from an article on coffee shops, attitudes to tax avoidance, and the commercial impact of the decision making companies and consumers face on
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If creating a tax system that threatens to reallocate some of the world’s wealth to those most in need of it is a crime, I am guilty
Once upon a time country-by-country reporting was just an idea. But that was a long time ago in January 2003. Now country-by-country reporting is international politics. Which
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The Pope says technology and finance are blocking the path to addressing climate change
The FT has coverage of a leaked copy of this week’s Papal Encyclical on climate change. According to that paper (and I make no apology
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The IMF says the rich getting richer harms us all
As the FT notes this morning the IMF has issued a report that says: When the rich get richer, a country’s economic health can suffer.
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