I’ve written this morning about new research that shows that Barclays and HSBC appear to under pay tax in the UK compared to their share of economic activity
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In a further sign that all the rhetoric on tax fraud and the need to tackle it is just just rhetoric without a plan for
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According to the FT: David Cameron on Wednesday urged European leaders to be in the vanguard of a global effort to crack down on aggressive
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Since 2009, HSBC and Barclays bank may well have underpaid UK corporation tax to the tune of £2.6 billion. This figure represents the difference between
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The OECD report to the G20 finance ministers meeting at the weekend was interesting. It said (and I have abbreviated a little): The OECD’s work
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From the Guardian: Laws that led to London being dubbed “the libel capital of the world” will be reformed after peers in the Lords voted
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According to some survey results it is popularly believed that more than a third of all benefit claims are fraudulent. They aren’t. The best, official, estimate is:
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In April 2013’s Taxcast: ‘offshore leaks’ blows the lid off secrecy for sale, the G20 endorse greater transparency (but let’s not get too excited), Luxembourg
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This, from the Guardian, is quite shocking: The Treasury has warned that it could refuse to agree a formal currency union with an independent Scotland unless Scottish
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