The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’s Tax Assembly on Friday was an interesting event – from which I tweeted, often. I think
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There is no chance of tax peace
I referred on Saturday to a blog by tax barrister Jolyn Maugham in which he suggested that what he saw as the two sides of
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Give tax peace a chance?
Jolyon Maugham is a tax barrister. Despite all rumours to the contrary I know a number of themand get on with most. Jolyon and I
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Are Labour’s ‘big beasts’ clueless?
According to the FT two Labour 'big beasts' have warned Ed Miliband not to talk about 'predatory capitalism. The article says: Ed Miliband has been
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Don’t celebrate mortgage caps too soon
Osborne has announced that the Bank of England is to get the right to cap mortgage loans as a ratio to income. I have no
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Eight years, 3.2 million words, 6.5 million reads: the life of a blog
I was teased, with good humour, about my predilection for blogging yesterday and as a result I realised that this blog is now celebrating its
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The EU, competition and tax
As has been widely reported, the EU is to investigate the application of tax law to specific corporations in Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. I
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Will there be tears before or after May 2015?
As the FT has reported: The world must act to contain the risk of another devastating housing crash, the International Monetary Fund warned on Wednesday, as it
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Should Osborne bring himself to book for market abuse?
I was amused by the following FT headline this morning: I have nothing against new rules against market abuse; indeed, I’d welcome them. But
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