In the USA the Federal Accounting Standards Board has ruled that its publication FIN48 will apply to all accounts beginning after 15 December 2006. That’s
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Laffer fails again
President Bush’s magic bullet for the US economy was tax cuts. He gave them to the richest in society, because as his advisers tell him,
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Barclays plundering Africa
It’s fertile territory for tax in Kenya right now. As my previous entry showed, the Kenyan tax system is assisting some Kenyans to get very
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Tackling tax in Kenya
It’s not just the Tax Justice Network thinking about tax in Kenya right now. The following is part of a thoughtful piece on tax by
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Western bankers and lawyers ‘rob Africa of $150bn every year’
The Observer covered the Tax Justice Network for Africa conference in Nairobi in yesterday’s edition. Nick Mathiason is a better journalist than I’ll ever be.
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Why be astonished?
Dennis Howlett wrote the following on his blog yesterday: Voyages-SNCF is of interest to me as it is one of the best travel sites on
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How much tax does it cost for Google to create a job?
I always get a little annoyed when those who suggest that commerce is the only way to create wealth ignore the fact that those companies
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Barclays – robbing the poor to pay the rich
There’s a follow up to yesterday’s blog on Roger Jenkins – the man who earns £40 million a year tax dodging for Barclays Bank. The
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£40 million tax dodger
The Business reports that Roger Jenkins at Barclays Capital (a subsidiary of Barclays Bank) was paid £40 million last year. I’ve commented previously on his
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