Non-cooperative tax regimes
Tuesday, November 28th, 2017There’s always been much debate about what a tax haven might be. It’s one reason why I defined the term secrecy jurisdiction*. But secrecy is
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Chaos is not the 'will of the people'
Tuesday, November 28th, 2017You have had mornings like this. My energy levels are low. My son won’t make college today despite his recently discovered, and much appreciated by
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Will Ireland really bring the end of the Union for the UK?
Sunday, November 26th, 2017You can’t be even a bit Irish and be unaware of the significance of the Easter 1916 rising for the history of the country. In
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Hammond quits: the speech he should make today
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017This is the speech that Philip Hammond should make to the Commons today: As you have just heard, I have been called to speak as
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Brexiteers: driving us to hell in a handcart on the basis of unsound reasoning
Tuesday, November 14th, 2017I got a note from someone who I have known for a long time yesterday. He was writing in response to my suggestion, also made
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The political crisis we face is of gargantuan scale
Monday, November 13th, 2017I spent time over the weekend with some of my oldest friends. We’ve known each other so long our narratives are well known to each
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Global tax debate and Ireland
Thursday, November 9th, 2017As the Irish Times has reported this morning: On this week’s [Irish Times] business podcast, UK based tax reform advocate Professor Richard Murphy and our legal affairs
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The Isle of Man is still being subsidised by the UK to be a tax haven
Monday, November 6th, 2017This weekend much attention will be drawn to the use of the Isle of Man for VAT abuse. It is a story I know well,
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Is inequality going up or down?
Saturday, October 21st, 2017I have known Max Lawson, head of advocacy and pubic policy at Oxfam for longer than either of us probably care to recall. Most weekends
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