I was amused by this in the Belfast Telegraph this morning: The Irish government is “sleepwalking” through destructive claims that the state is a tax haven for
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The annual Bilderberg conference takes place in Watford (yes, the real one, north of London) this week. As the Bilderberg group says on its web site: Every
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As the FT notes: Manufacturers are urging the coalition to end ringfencing of health in order to protect growth-related areas such as skills, innovation and
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Ed Balls will lay out the path to the failure of the next Labour government today. According to the FT: Ed Balls, shadow chancellor, will try to boost Labour’s
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As the FT notes this morning: John Kay, the economist and author, will warn this week that the world is heading for another financial crisis
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As Reuters has reported: European countries planning a tax on financial transactions are set to drastically scale back the levy, cutting the charge by as
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Accountancy Age report this morning that: HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS has begun its search for a permanent General Anti-Abuse Rule advisory panel, following the recent
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Much is being made of nine new countries signing the OECD’s multilateral convention on mutual administrative assistance on tax matters. Of course I welcome Luxembourg, Austria
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The one thing that can be said about 2013 so far is that attitudes on tax have changed. This is Philip Stephens in the FT
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