Irish action
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007I was in action in the Irish press as well as that of the UK this last weekend. The Sunday Tribune ran a major feature
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The Big 4 - endorsing tax havens by their presence
Monday, March 5th, 2007The Independent on Sunday ran a report yesterday concerning the report entitled ‘Closing the Floodgates’ that I edited and was principle author of for the
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Bono - back in the news - and way off track
Monday, January 29th, 2007Bono is back in the news. He’s been at Davos telling the great and good what to do, but Bloomberg’s have decided to draw attention
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How much tax does it cost for Google to create a job?
Sunday, January 21st, 2007I always get a little annoyed when those who suggest that commerce is the only way to create wealth ignore the fact that those companies
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Why was General Reinsurance fined?
Monday, November 27th, 2006There has been much comment on the size of the fines given by the Financial Services Authority to Warren Buffet’s company General Reinsurance. Most only
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Intellectually bankrupt and economically incoherent
Thursday, October 19th, 2006The Tories have published the findings of their Tax Reform Commission, which was, by the way wholly staffed by KPMG (I know, they asked to
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Tax competition
Thursday, October 12th, 2006Earlier this week the CBI said that UK companies are planning to flee the UK because of our increasing tax burdens. John Christensen and I
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High tax states are competitive
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006The 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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Cadbury Schweppes - an analysis
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006The European Court of Justice has given its long awaited ruling on the Cadbury Schweppes case. One of the better commentaries on the web (and
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