Why was General Reinsurance fined?
Monday, November 27th, 2006There has been much comment on the size of the fines given by the Financial Services Authority to Warren Buffet’s company General Reinsurance. Most only
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Intellectually bankrupt and economically incoherent
Thursday, October 19th, 2006The Tories have published the findings of their Tax Reform Commission, which was, by the way wholly staffed by KPMG (I know, they asked to
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Tax competition
Thursday, October 12th, 2006Earlier this week the CBI said that UK companies are planning to flee the UK because of our increasing tax burdens. John Christensen and I
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High tax states are competitive
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006The World Economic Forum has reported that Switzerland, Sweden and Finland are the most competitive economies in the world. According to a report on Tax
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Cadbury Schweppes - an analysis
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006The European Court of Justice has given its long awaited ruling on the Cadbury Schweppes case. One of the better commentaries on the web (and
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Tax evasion is corruption
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006My Tax Justice Network colleague, John Christensen presented an important speech to the Royal Geographic Society on 1 September. This received extensive coverage in the
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Bono's choice
Sunday, August 20th, 2006Holiday is a great time for reflection. It’s also an opportunity to stand back from the day to day and to view the bigger picture.
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Do tax practitioners need to exercise moral judgement?
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006Over at AccountingWEB Rebecca Bennyworth has posted a thoughtful piece on whether tax practitioners have to exercise moral judgement in the course of their work.
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Too good a comment to hide
Monday, July 17th, 2006Dennis Howlett’s comment on the Apple article below is too good to be hidden away in the comments section. He wrote: My iPod says: Designed
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