SSE breaks the Fair Tax Mark into the FTSE 100
Monday, October 20th, 2014SSE plc — the Perth based energy company that has almost 9 million UK customers —was announced as the first FTSE 100 company to have
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Ireland ends one era of abuse - and opens another one
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014Ireland is to close the ‘double Irish’ tax arrangement that has facilitated so much international tax abuse. The reality is that this will mean it
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Memo to Bono: being anti-tax abuse is not the same as being anti-business
Sunday, October 12th, 2014I note Bono has stuck his our into tax debate again, saying, according to the Observer that Ireland’s tax policies have: brought our country the only
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The EU confirms that Amazon has a tax avoidance case to answer
Tuesday, October 7th, 2014I take some satisfaction from this headline in the FT, published overnight: As the article relates: Investigators believe Luxembourg gave Amazon favourable terms in a
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How much is Apple on the hook for in Ireland? Or, how long's a piece of string?
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014I’ve already explained I think Apple and Ireland have little way out of the allegations levied by the EU. But, how much is Apple on
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More comment on Apple and Ireland
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014I have been asked by many people for more comment on Apple and Ireland and what it might mean. I just wrote this and will
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The EU v Apple and Ireland
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014The EU’s provisional decision in the case it is making against Ireland for providing illegal state aid to Apple is here. The basis of the
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Thoughts on the OECD BEPS process: an NGO perspective
Saturday, September 20th, 2014The following are detailed thoughts on the OECD BEPS year one outcomes prepared by friends and colleagues at Eurodad (the European Network on Debt and Development).
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I've never been a federalist - and No kept me awake last night
Thursday, September 18th, 2014I am nervous this morning and lost sleep last night, which is relatively rare for me. I can do stress, but it usually leaves me
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