Someone at investorsoffshore.com has a done a lot of work on the EU Savings Directive. I don’t like their stance, but it would churlish of
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Arctic Systems: Moving small business taxation on in the UK
The Arctic Systems case has been widely reported, but much of the comment made upon it has been high on emotion, but low on analytical
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Vodafone, still fighting in vain
Vodafone has had its hopes dashed of securing a swift resolution to its dispute with the UK authorities over a potential £2.5bn tax bill. Vodafone’s
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The UK ‘tax amnesty’: HMRC swing into action
Accountancy Age reports that: The taxman is preparing to launch enquiries into at least 100,000 taxpayers who failed to disclose off-shore bank accounts to HM
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Anglo American: The Alternative Report
War on Want have published a damning indictment of Anglo American. The report and related materials can be read here. The summary of the report
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The Marshall Islands fall into line (but no one knows where the line is)
The Marshall Islands has committed to “transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes” to the OECD and so will be removed from the list
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Extreme inequality
I have problems with the word extreme. It’s a label I find uncomfortable applying to anyone and anything. But if I was a US citizen
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Deloittes pay out, big time
How bad do things have to get before Deloittes didn’t sign an audit report? In the case of Adelphia it was this bad apparently –
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Bulgaria’s flat tax goes flat
I’m delighted to see that enthusiasm for Bulgaria’s new flat tax is underwhelming. I’ve read a lot of Bulgarian material on this over the last
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