Citibank is being sued for $36 million in Switzerland by an irate customer whose bank account was defrauded by an employee, in which fraud he’s
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It’s been announced that two Norwegian companies, Statoil and Hydro are to merge. Both have great records on disclosure, tax and corporate responsibility. Could this
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The collapse of the investigation into BAE last week was a national disaster. I know Blair thinks he’s preserved jobs and the UK’s ties with
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A new publication called “A guide to tax work for NGOs”,written by Joel Friedman and published by the International Budget Project has just been published.
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A lawyer with some sympathy for what is argued here sent me the following, which comes from the IRS in the USA: Q: Who is
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Condemnation of the level of bonuses being paid in the City this year has been almost universal. When the daily Telegraph in the UK and
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The Tax Competition Issue The fourth quarter 2006 edition of Tax Justice Focus is a special edition on tax competition edited by guest editor John
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For copyright reasons I reproduce part of the Treasury’s Christmas card here. I was amused. The illustration is by Axel Scheffler and promotes Booktrust.

Last week TJN-UK published a press release on research undertaken on its behalf by Richard Lupson-Darnell. The background note on that research has been published
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