Treasury defers tax on foreign profits
Monday, June 2nd, 2008The Treasury has announced that the planned changes in the taxation of foreign profits have been postponed. This was inevitable, and the only appropriate way
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The US gets tough on tax exiles
Monday, June 2nd, 2008The US is getting tougher on tax exiles. As the Wall Street Journal reports: Hundreds of Americans formally renounce their U. S. citizenship every year,
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Complex solutions are needed
Monday, June 2nd, 2008Several years ago the Washington Times used an editorial to accuse John Christensen and myself of being Fabian socialists. It was an interesting allegation, not
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Tescos: the Zug deal is tax avoidance
Sunday, June 1st, 2008I am almost amused by a comment made this morning concerning my analysis of Tesco’s financing operation in Zug in Switzerland by Tim Worstall who
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for May 30th
Saturday, May 31st, 2008These are my links for May 30th: Liquidators of Bear Stearns funds lose court appeal – Yahoo! News – The Cayman directors of Bear Stearns
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Tescos, supplliers of bunkum
Friday, May 30th, 2008Tesco’s claim that it doesn’t avoid tax has been blown clean out of the water by Private Eye. In this week’s edition the Eye notes
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Why isn't BAT paying tax?
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008I note BAT now has a new reason for not paying UK tax. Previously it was that it’s UK head office made a loss. That’s
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Getting the balance right
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008I was quoted in the Independent on Sunday saying of the new corporation tax review: It has no representatives from the professions, only one from
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Tax cuts for big companies are bad news for British entrepreneurs
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008The Sunday Express is the latest paper to notice the comments John Christensen, the international director the Tax Justice Network, and I have to make
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