Tax competition is theft
Thursday, September 6th, 2007Tax-News.com published an article which plumbs the depths, even when measured by its own normal levels of depravity. It notes that: The CIA has recently
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Kenyan corruption
Monday, September 3rd, 2007It’s difficult to overstate the importance of the leaking of the Kroll report on corruption in Kenya and the Guardian’s work in publicising it. The
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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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Jersey's ticking clock
Thursday, August 16th, 2007The Jersey Evening Post reported yesterday (sorry, no permalink and reproduced in the public interest as a result) that: THE Treasury department has 18 months
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The Marshall Islands fall into line (but no one knows where the line is)
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007The 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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The Daily Mail on tax havens
Sunday, August 5th, 2007The Daily Mail is the best read newspaper in the UK. They published this article yesterday. Their research was to call me whilst I was
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Patented tax avoidance
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007The NJ Biz reported yesterday that: Growing concern over a federal agency’s four-year-old decision to grant patents on tax strategies has some CPAs in New
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Falling out in Jersey
Monday, July 30th, 2007The Chief Minister of Jersey has asked health minister Senator Stuart Syvret to resign. It has been reported that: Six ministers are saying they’ve lost
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What is a tax haven?
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Defining a tax haven is hard. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has sought to deny the UK is a haven, but offered no justification for
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