Simon Jenkins is one of he most annoying columnists in the newspaper world. On occasion he offers deep common sense. On others he writes pure
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My submission to the OECD on transfer pricing documentation
The OECD has now published the submission I made to them on transfer pricing documentation on behalf of the BEPS Monitoring Group. That informal grouping
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When those looking after the elderly are deliberately underpaid is it coincidence that we’ve lost faith in those who let this happen?
This report in the Guardian is shocking: Cuts in council funding mean that rising numbers of care firms are having to break the law by
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We can’t impose an energy tax without country-by-country reporting
John Major wants to impose an energy tax on the Big 6 energy suppliers, and I have a lot of sympathy with his demand. But,
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October’s Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network
In the October 2013 Taxcast: Swiss villagers send some of profit shifting mining giant GlencoreXstrata’s money to humanitarian projects, tax havens do some window dressing
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If 100 new tax inspectors have brought in tens of millions, why can’t we have many more?
As International Adviser has reported: According to data released to UK accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young, HMRC’s yield from compliance work related to personal tax
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Won’t Apple’s 65″ television be the ultimate symbol of a life lived alone?
This might seem completely off the theme of this blog, but this morning feels totally relevant. This headline appeared in one of the FT’s mid
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We need an economics of the warm and friendly hug
Aditya Chakrabortty has written a profound and compelling article for the Guardian today. It’s headlines say: Loneliness is an inevitable result of Britain’s economic model
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The property bubble keeps expanding
From an FT email this morning: The bubble keeps on expanding. The next burst looks ever more likely. And this time the contagion is spreading
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