Closing the Floodgates - new Tax Justice Network report
Monday, February 5th, 2007The finance needed for development was once thought to be aid. Then it was debt relief, shortly followed by fair trade. All have a role,
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Just how fed up can a Jersey politician get?
Friday, February 2nd, 2007Try this, from Senator Syvret, Minister of Health. I’m not alone in thinking Jersey has no future under its current leadership. I think we should
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There is no myth about the Tax Gap - it's real
Friday, February 2nd, 2007The Wall Street Journal published an editorial on 30 January (hidden behind their subscription wall) in which they challenged the assumption, inherent in recent Senate
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Jersey goes 0/10 - and its politicians line up to quit
Thursday, February 1st, 2007Jersey has voted through its new 0/10 tax laws. What this means is that it will in two years time have a 0% corporation tax
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Developments in Guernsey
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007The government in Guernsey has resigned. This is not unexpected. As the BBC have reported: The Welsh Audit Office (WAO) was asked to carry out
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Let's get the defintion of fraud right
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007KPMG are reporting that: Fraud cases involving sums of more than £100,000 rose to 277 in 2006, from 222 in the previous year, according to
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What about the shareholders?
Monday, January 29th, 2007I’m always bemused by those who claim that companies are run in the interests of their shareholders. They always appear to be optimists who went
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Bono - back in the news - and way off track
Monday, January 29th, 2007Bono is back in the news. He’s been at Davos telling the great and good what to do, but Bloomberg’s have decided to draw attention
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KPMG plead guilty
Monday, January 29th, 2007Forbes and others have reported on KPMG’s latest tax misfortunes, this time in Texas. KPMG have pleaded guilty to 96 tax offences, accepted the maximum
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