The FT’s editorial on the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profits Shifting report, published today, is interesting. It says (in part): The best outcome would be an
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On democracy
I was reading an essay by Marilynne Robinson this morning – of whose works I otherwise know nothing – when I came across this wonderful
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In praise of Compass and the Living Wage Commission
Many in business deny that there is any morality in taxation. They go further: they claim there is no morality in markets. They quote Adam
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Cameron and Osborne: as two-faced as the very best tax avoiders
I have to agree with this comment in the Observer business leader this morning: By the time Cameron flies to the G20 summit in St Petersburg in
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Hartnett’s Swiss deal falls apart – as predicted
As the Mail reports this morning: George Osborne’s plan to raise billions from a tax raid on secret Swiss bank accounts has been cast into
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BEPS reaction – Deloitte reveal their paranoia about accountability
I was amused by the Deloitte reaction to the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profits Shifting report. In it they say – with direct reference to plans for country-by-country reporting implicit in
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BEPS reaction – the Tax Justice Network
The Guardian has, in its coverage of the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profits Shifting report noted what that report has not done, giving most space to
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Blog rankings
I was having an email exchange with a friend this morning who mentioned his distaste for Tim Worstall’s blog and was surprised when I said whether he
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The IMF sets out its work programme on international tax reform – and it seems more enlightened than the OECD
The OECD is dominating debate on international tax this morning with its new report to the G20 about which I have commented here. However, it is not
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