Tackling offshore tax abuse is great. Now can we tackle it at home as well?
Wednesday, October 29th, 2014George Osborne is in Berlin today to sign a new deal that will make automatic information exchange from some tax havens a reality. As I understand
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It's been a disaster for Jersey to be a tax haven
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014In the late 1990s my friend and tax justice colleague John Christensen left Jersey, fed up with saying, in his role as senior economics adviser
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From tax avoidance to tax evasion: the new front for UK tax justice
Thursday, September 25th, 2014We have been used to talking about tax avoidance as a focus for the UK Tax Justice campaign for a long time now. Companies like
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Three Illicit Financial Flows Targets
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014The following blog has been reproduced from the website of the Center for Global Development, with permission. It is authored by Alex Cobham, a long
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Offshore is designed as an assault on democracy: that's why addressing offshore abuse demands serious action
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014When writing about the reasons why offshore tax abuse should be made a strict liability offence in UK law last week I what is, perhaps,
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Place matters
Thursday, August 14th, 2014I was troubled to read this comment in the FT this morning: Globalisation and free trade have brought many advantages. But that sense that companies
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Bankers have not changed their spots
Tuesday, July 29th, 2014Time and again I am asked to believe that bankers have changed their spots and that we live in a new era of ethical financial
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Welcome to the Hiddenwealth Games
Thursday, July 24th, 2014As I watched the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games last night it occurred to me just how many participating states are considered to be
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George has got his dream: the UK's now a tax haven
Friday, July 18th, 2014In February 2006 George Osborne went to Ireland and gave a speech that would reward study by those interested in recent political history. What I recall
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