The Telegraph on the UK ending the VAT subsidy to the Isle of Man
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011There’s excellent coverage in the Telegraph on this issue this morning. I admit I am quoted extensively saying: “I know this is a massive problem
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The blatant untruth at the core of Conservative corporation tax policy
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011David Gauke MP, the Tory Exchequer Secretary, and a man for whom I have little regard (a feeling which I know is reciprocated) was speaking at the Oxford
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There is no hope of accountability and transparency in public services without massive reform of corporate regulation in the UK
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011As the GMB reported yesterday: Almost half of Southern Cross care homes are owned by companies based outside the UK, including hundreds registered in tax
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Are you going to eat your words Mr Bell?
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011I’ve just blogged about the Isle of Man renegotiating (again) it’s VAT agreement with the UK – for the second time in less than two
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The Isle of Man has now lost all the subsidy I said it enjoyed - my campaign on this issue is over
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011When I first looked at the subsidy the UK gave to the Isle of Man through its VAT sharing agreement I came to the conclusion
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It's really not the time for the Isle of Man to talk about aggression
Thursday, July 7th, 2011There’s a letter that’s getting a lot of publicity in the Isle of Man that borders on the absurd. Written by (visiting) Prof Hugh Davidson its
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The failure of the Fourth Estate
Thursday, July 7th, 2011The behaviour of the Murdoch press – behaviour I do believe was known about by senior officials and even maybe by the proprietor – and which should
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Isle of Man minister says its pensioners that must pay for its tax haven status
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011There are elections in the Isle of Man this autumn so whilst there is no effective party political system as such in the island (a fact that seriously undermines the effectiveness
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America with all of its greatness and its freedoms is, like democracy itself, the child of tax
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011David Cay Johnston, a top U.S. tax writer, has left Tax Analysts for Reuters, leaving with a superbly thoughtful piece entitled A Cosmic Visitor’s Take on Tax.
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