The Sunday Times has published a top UK taxpayers list today. I have a simple question for them. How do they know? My suggestion is
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My hope is that only England will pay the price of Brexit
I confess Mark Francois was unknown by me until recently. His recent displays as a Tory MP and member of the hard-Brexit brigade have left
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Corporate Accountability Network
For the sake of full disclosure I should note that I have formed a new company limited by guarantee called Corporate Accountability Network Limited. It was
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The audit profession is somnolent right now: the coffee’s not even on the menu to be smelt
Accountancy Age has reported that: While the struggle around audit quality in the Big Four accounting firms continues on, EY have created a new Independent
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Brexit and Singapore-on-Thames
I repost this from the Tax Justice Network website, with permission. I should note that not for the first time in life, I agree with
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The January Taxcast
In the January 2019 Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show, the Taxcast (available on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and other podcast platforms): Naomi Fowler talks to investor and author Jonathan
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Support for my new EU Tax Gap report
I was pleased to receive support for my new EU tax gap report from the EU Commissioner responsible for taxation yesterday: My translation is: 1/2
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The European Commission is giving up on us
As the FT has reported this morning: Brussels is to sue the UK in Europe’s highest court over tax breaks for commodities traders, according to
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The flickers of hope are being turned off, one by one
I was speaking in Brussels yesterday and referred, in error, to the ‘UK’s member states’. I did, of course, mean to refer to the EU’s
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