Merck - $5.5 billion of disputed tax
Thursday, November 9th, 2006The Wall Street Journal has reported that the US drug company Merck has no less than $5.58 billion of tax disputes open with the IRS.
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Jersey, DVDs, CDs and tax abuse
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006Because I was out so much last week I have not mentioned the parliamentary debate on the above subject. I welcome what Dawn Primarily has
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However much or little legislation there is, some will try to break it
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006Having noted the supposed burdens of tax legislation in the previous post, I then found a story on AllAfrica.com. It reported yesterday that: Akwa Ibom
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The World Bank did not say the UK suffers a high rate of tax admin
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006Bloomberg has reported that ‘U.K. Company Tax a Bigger Burden Under Brown, World Bank Says’ That’s not true. The World Bank had PWC prepare a
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Transparency Intenational - a long way to go
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006My Tax Justice Network colleague John Christensen has covered the release of the 2006 edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. As John says: I
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Corporations do pay tax
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006Neil McIntyre, a Canadian accountant quotes the following on his blog, with favour: No corporation ever paid a dime of tax. All taxes are paid
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What would I do?
Monday, November 6th, 2006Robert Searle asked an interesting question on the TJN email group recently. He asked: If you were a super-rich businessman, or woman would you not
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Cash accounting - a non-starter
Monday, November 6th, 2006As some who read this may be aware, some of my work is undertaken on an academic basis. This gave me an opportunity late last
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UK 'haven' for money laundering
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006The BBC’s File on 4 programme last night had the above title. I must declare an interest. I featured in the programme, which can be
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