Tax evasion - a threat to democratic government
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006Sweden provides yet more evidence of what happens when democratically elected politicians are found to be tax avoiders (and maybe evaders). The new centre-right government
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Tax paid by UK companies
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006The Guardian has given attention to a letter John Christensen and I wrote to that paper last week in which we said the following in
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What do these people want?
Monday, October 16th, 2006Just as Loughlin Hickey at KPMG says that “a purely legalistic approach to tax law design and revenue collection is not enough” then John Cullinane
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The FT misses the target on tax competition
Monday, October 16th, 2006The FT ran a story on tax competition today. Because FT stories are difficult to access, and because this seems important I have prepared my
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Who are KPMG trying to kid?
Monday, October 16th, 2006KPMG have circulated a news release following the successful meeting of the OECD in Seoul where 35 tax administrations agreed to co-operate more closely to
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Andrew Goodall on tax havens
Friday, October 13th, 2006This is well worth reading.
Early Day Motion on Tax Avoidance
Friday, October 13th, 2006The UK’s Parliament has an odd mechanism called an ‘Early Day Motion’ (EDM). These are explained in detail here. What they really do is give
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An accountant at the UN
Friday, October 13th, 2006The UN is not the place at which you expect to go as an accountant. But I assure you, it is interested in the subject
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The IMF and Flat Tax
Thursday, October 12th, 2006Thee IMF has issued a new report on flat tax. Entitled ‘The “Flat Tax(es)”: Principles and Evidence’ he report has been written by Mick Keen,
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