As John Gapper in the FT has noted: The news that Dave Hartnett, the UK’s chief tax collector, has become a consultant to Deloitte, is hardly
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Why is Switzerland giving up banking secrecy? Could it be it’s all about bankers avoiding justice?
The FT notes that: Switzerland has taken a decisive step to resolve its dispute with the US over tax evasion unveiling plans to relax its
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Deloitte at the heart of energy companies’ claims for tax allowances they aren’t due
There is much to note in yesterday’s announcement from the Treasury that it was blocking abusive claims by the energy companies for tax relief on spending that they had not, in
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The OECD admit tax abuse is creating austerity – and seems to accept it as a fait accompli
Here's an interesting paradox. Angel Gurria, OECD boss said today when talking about corporation tax that taxing the “man on the street” wasn't economically desirable
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The OECD: an exercise in idealism over indifference
One day someone should set these two paragraphs from the Guardian today as an exam question and ask how they explain the indifferennce to human
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Why is anyone surprised that doctors are human?
I should declare an interest. As many people know I am married to a doctor. Like every other doctor she is human and suffers from
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Dave Hartnett takes all: Osita Mba takes the punishment. There is no justice in that
As the Guardian notes this morning: Until last summer the country's top tax official, Dave Hartnett is taking up a job with tax consultancy Deloitte.
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It’s time for parliament to get serious about defending democracy from big business
As the Mail notes this morning: The boss of Google has declared himself ‘perplexed’ by public anger at the internet giant’s meagre UK tax contribution.
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Hartnett and Deloitte: the corporate capture of HMRC continues
As the Guardian has noted: The row over tax avoidance by multinational companies escalated on Monday night as it emerged that Dave Hartnett, until 10 months ago
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