Accountancy Age decided to promote a blog or two this week. Thanks for the mention:
Tax evasion – Turkish style
Reports suggest over 70% of income is not being declared for tax in Turkey. That might suggest the following to be the understatement of the
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Organised avoidance – the Jyske Bank
I’ve had my attention drawn to the Jyske Bank in Denmark. It says of itself: Jyske Bank employs a staff of more than 4,000 and
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Merck – $5.5 billion of disputed tax
The Wall Street Journal has reported that the US drug company Merck has no less than $5.58 billion of tax disputes open with the IRS.
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Jersey, DVDs, CDs and tax abuse
Because I was out so much last week I have not mentioned the parliamentary debate on the above subject. I welcome what Dawn Primarily has
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However much or little legislation there is, some will try to break it
Having noted the supposed burdens of tax legislation in the previous post, I then found a story on AllAfrica.com. It reported yesterday that: Akwa Ibom
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The World Bank did not say the UK suffers a high rate of tax admin
Bloomberg has reported that ‘U.K. Company Tax a Bigger Burden Under Brown, World Bank Says’ That’s not true. The World Bank had PWC prepare a
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Transparency Intenational – a long way to go
My Tax Justice Network colleague John Christensen has covered the release of the 2006 edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. As John says: I
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Corporations do pay tax
Neil McIntyre, a Canadian accountant quotes the following on his blog, with favour: No corporation ever paid a dime of tax. All taxes are paid
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