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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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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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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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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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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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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Robert Searle asked an interesting question on the TJN email group recently. He asked: If you were a super-rich businessman, or woman would you not
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As some who read this may be aware, some of my work is undertaken on an academic basis. This gave me an opportunity late last
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Just read KPMG’s Corporate Tax Rate Survey. How does Loughlin Hickey equate: “it appears to be economically and socially desirable for countries to strive for
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