Time for beneficial ownership to be declared
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006I was pleased to present evidence to the Africa All Party Parliamentary Group earlier this year. Their findings can be found on the Royal African
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Guernsey's "strange ecnomic policy"
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006I was interviewed by BBC Radio Guernsey yesterday and they then put up a feature on our discussion. It does seem that several people have
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Tax Justice Focus
Monday, July 3rd, 2006The latest edition of the Tax Justice Network’s newsletter, Tax Justice Focus, is out. It’s essential reading for all with an interest in this subject.
£3.5 billion - the cost of tax avoidance
Monday, July 3rd, 2006The Wall Street Journal article referred to below concerns an obscure Delaware corporation, Augustus Funding LLC. It so happens however that the LLC in question
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Managing without ethics
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006Why do we have a crisis in tax? Simon Caulkin gives some guidance in his article for the Observer. His explanation: In effect, all professions
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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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