You can see why the American-right don’t like the OECD. I mentioned my distaste for the UK’s tolerance of some aspects of corruption earlier today.
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I was sent an article by Christopher Harvie this morning. He wrote it for the Open Democracy, which seems to me to be a site
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Accountancy Age published their Top 50 Financial power List for 2007 today. After a year’s hard work I moved up one place from last year
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I’ve been accused on occasion of focusing too strongly on dubious practice in Jersey. I accept that it’s the haven I know best, but sometimes
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The Tax Justice Network for Africa is launched in Nairobi on 18 / 19 January. It’s still ( I understand) just possible to book a
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Sometimes a tax haven does something that is blunt, even crude, and yet seems indicative of what is right. Take Guernsey for example. It was
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AccountingWEB is asking who really deserved to be in the New Year’s Honours list. I’ve commented as follows: If Mike Rake deserves a knighthood, then
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Jersey begins the new year with discussion on whether the rich should have their tax liabilities in the Island capped. This follows on from moves
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Out to dinner last night and someone asked me what success would look like in my work. Now, he’s doing an MBA and I know
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