The story about the International Accounting Standards Board’s cold shoulder for the Publish What You Pay coalition is to be found in today’s Independent on
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Polly Toynbee gets it right again
Just read it. It’s hard to say anything else about an article entitled ‘Taxes are a moral good, and avoiding your fair share is a
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GSK pay up
Earlier this year I upset Roger Emerson, head of tax at GlaxoSmithKline by the comments I made on page 19 of the report Sustainability published
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The International Accounting Standards Board and Publish What You Pay
Sometimes it’s hard to blog because you’re spending too much time talking to the old fashioned media. This is one such occasion. Amongst the people
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South Africa hits avoidance
News reports suggest that South Africa will publish its long awaited new anti-avoidance legislation next week. This is good news. The legislation should be a
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Slovenia says no to flat tax
English language reports from Slovenia report today that the government has: given up the idea of the flat tax rate because the calculations revealed that
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Unreasonable men
My friend Dennis Howlett has been giving this blog some plugs, and has even been saying some kind things about me. He does so in
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Cadbury Schweppes – an analysis
The European Court of Justice has given its long awaited ruling on the Cadbury Schweppes case. One of the better commentaries on the web (and
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TJN, funding, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and a new tax order
Jason Holden has written the following comment on this blog: Maybe its time for the TJN to receive funding from (international boundaries ignored — therefore
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