European Council conclusions from yesterday’s tax meeting included: (g) efforts taken against base erosion, profit shifting, lack of transparency and harmful tax measures also need to be
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The Guardian seems to have noted the theme on this blog suggesting that multinational corporations wish to float free from the constraints of government. So has Google.
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From the Guardian this morning:   and   I have been saying that this was inevitable.  

Having done so there is only one reasonable response, to the IMF’s demand for stimulus and Osborne’s refusal to do it. And that’s “I (and
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The Guardian’s editorial today says: Labour — a party that pussyfooted around with avoidance for 13 years — needs to convince the country it will do better
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A big finance sector is good for an economy – isn’t it? Actually, no. In this Tax Justice Network podcast the  Finance Curse is discussed
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TJN this morning publishes a short new book entitled The Finance Curse: how oversized financial centres attack democracy and corrupt economies.  The book, co-authored by TJN’s
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As the FT has noted this morning: Fiat Industrial aims to move its tax residency to the UK from Italy after a merger with US business CNH to
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The FT has reported that: Dublin [has] strongly rejected allegations contained in a US Senate Committee report that it is a tax haven But then every tax
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