Worth another outing, I think
If I knew about Stephen Green and Switzerland in 2010 anyone could have done
There is a load of nonsense being talked all around government and the media tonight suggesting that maybe no-one knew about HSBC’s tax issues at
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HSBC and EU tax abuse: if only some people had listened back in 2008
Back in 2008 I wrote this on this blog: Switzerland has announced that: there has been a substantial increase in the amount of tax retained
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On You and Yours discussing the morality of tax avoidance and evasion
I was on Radio 4’s You and Yours discussing the morality of tax avoidance and evasion today. Start 9 minutes in here. The evidence I
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If we want to solve HSBC we have to start at home
I have an article on HSBC on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site this afternoon. I frame the problem like this: The HSBC story is
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Britain does indeed need a pay rise – but it needs much more than that
According to the Guardian: David Cameron will tell Britain’s business leaders on Tuesday that the best way to protect themselves against ‘attacks’ from Ed Miliband
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Where were HSBC’s auditors?
The HSBC issue is not likely to go away for a day or two. Let me ask a question then that needs to be asked.
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The man who did the deal that gave HSBC immunity went on to work for HSBC
Dave Hartnett was the HMRC boss who negotiated the notorious tax deal that granted HSBC’s bankers virtually guaranteed immunity from prosecution for any crimes they might have
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HMRC’s ‘relationship management’
The following comment from Ivan Horrocks on the blog this morning is too good not to share more widely (I have edited very slightly to
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