Who says HMRC does not work for the 1%?
Thursday, January 11th, 2018Accountancy Age has the headline this morning that: HMRC forces Apple to pay £137m in back taxes And that is, indeed, what its accounts say.
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The 2018 quiz of the year
Friday, December 29th, 2017I am not sure I have the energy to do a review of 2017. Let’s just say May blew it, with Trump running her a
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British politics is crying out for truth not fantasy on Brexit
Tuesday, December 19th, 2017I read two articles on Brexit last night from which, I felt, elements might be combined. The first was from the always excellent Flip Chart
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Jersey's days as a tax haven are very definitely numbered
Monday, December 18th, 2017The EU’s new tax haven black list published last week, had, as I’ve noted before, an interesting ‘ grey list’ attached to it. Included in the
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Brexit is for life: prepare for the long game
Wednesday, December 13th, 2017I was musing last night on writing a blog on the divisions that Brexit is creating within UK society, only to find Sebastian Payne had
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The EU has to demand a treaty now to protect its citizens and Ireland from perfidious Brexiteers
Tuesday, December 12th, 2017The Times reported (paywall) this morning that: Negotiations on Britain’s future trade agreement will continue only if last week’s withdrawal deal is quickly turned into a
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The EU should name Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Ireland and Malta as tax havens
Tuesday, December 12th, 2017This amendment to the EU tax haven black list has been tabled in the EU parliament by the Socialists and Democrats Group (of which Labour
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We ain't seen nothing yet
Tuesday, December 12th, 2017I liked this from Gaby Hinsliff in the Guardian this morning: So nothing is agreed until everyone finds out exactly what it is that they’re
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The Irish are at last smelling the coffee when it comes to corporation tax
Monday, December 11th, 2017As the Tax Justice Network has noted in its weekly email summary of tax justice news: A recent editorial in the Irish Times demonstrates an
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