I’m taking part in an event for the People’s Parliament under the above title on Tuesday, Dec 16th, 6.30-8.30 pm in Committee Room 16 of the
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The Diverted Profits Tax is very poor politics
I’ve had the chance to discuss George Osborne’s Diverted Profits Tax with a number of people over the last few days. Reactions have varied and
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Why do we have tax abuse? Because the Big 4 promote it
I am at an ActionAid conference in the Danish Parliament this morning. Please don't think Borgen: we're talking tax, transparency and international development. I
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Our future’s bright if only the government would use the money people want to lend to it wisely
The FT had an article yesterday which opened with this comment: It has never been cheaper for the UK to borrow money over the long
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The good and bad news from HMRC on country-by-country reporting
I welcomed HMRC’s adoption of country-by-country reporting yesterday, and am very unlikely to change my mind on that issue. However, Joe Stead of Christian Aid did
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The Google tax is “really on the margins”
The Guardian has reported Margaret Hodge’s reaction to George Osborne’s Google Tax. She apparently said: This is an important symbolic statement but it is really
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Is Juncker telling the truth?
The suggestion, made in the Guardian this morning that Jean-Claude Juncker, the former prime minister and finance minister of Luxembourg and now President of the
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Scotland has to invest in taxation
Reports that Scotland has not invested sufficiently in the tax systems it will have to use to exercise the new powers it has been granted
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