Anti-taxers: so far from the voters
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008As Michael Tomasky has said: The Republicans are controlled by three factions: the neocons, who run foreign policy; the theocons, who call the shots on
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 7th
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008These are my links for January 7th: The FATF and Luxembourg – More on the FATF’s grant from Luxembourg in advance of the FATF’s review
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One World Trust - open for talks
Friday, December 7th, 2007Accountancy Age has reported that: The One World Trust received a formal complaint about the IASB report into NGOs and its accountability this week. And
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The Financial Reporting Council - is this a bad joke?
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Accountancy Age has reported that the Financial Reporting Council has announced the members of its new board. As it notes: The board will be led
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Inheritance Tax - the Moral Maze
Thursday, October 4th, 2007Time to reflect on the Moral Maze. For those who have not heard it you can hear it here. I was happy with my own
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Tax avoidance is bad for your image
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Accountancy Age reports that Michael Parkinson has dropped out of the totally artificial tax planning schemes organised by UK accountants Vantis. The schemes involved four
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Will changing the private equity rules increase tax paid?
Thursday, August 30th, 2007One of the regular challenges I face is the suggestion that whatever changes to the tax rules are made the rich will never pay tax.
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Tax and Corporate Responsibility
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007The UK’s Chartered Institute of Tax ran a conference on the above theme on Tuesday. I was one of the speakers. My slides are here
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TJN in action - in the US
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007TJN USA is getting good press coverage: A recent presentation by Lucy Komisar of the Tax Justice Network at the Conference on Taming the Giant
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