The ethic of enough
Monday, February 11th, 2008I read the following in the Guardian last week in an article entitled Who wants a recession?: “A recession calls into question our assumption that
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The truth is finance is moving to London
Friday, February 8th, 2008Any amount of rubbish is being written about people flooding out of the UK because of the domicile rule changes. But as the FT reports:
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Northern Rock: nationalisation is the only answer
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008So now there are just two suitors for Northern Rock. Tax haven abuser Richard Branson and the management are left in the race. Of these
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Poor and happy?
Monday, February 4th, 2008Dani Rodrik has a blog on this theme. He reproduces this graph based on an analysis of Gallup data by a person called Angus Deaton:
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HMRC embraces tax compliance
Monday, February 4th, 2008Accountancy Age report that: Dave Hartnett, acting chairman of HM Revenue & Customs, has approached every FTSE 100 finance director, offering a lighter scrutiny of
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Living in a sandwich
Monday, February 4th, 2008Campaigning for tax justice is a curious experience. Those on the Right claim I am anti-business, anti-wealth or just plain envious (as was the main
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The Missing Billions: Press coverage
Friday, February 1st, 2008The TUC’s report ‘The Missing Billions: The UK Tax Gap’ has already got good press coverage. The FT has given it prominent coverage and appropriately
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£25 billion: the cost of tax avoidance
Friday, February 1st, 2008The TUC published a report called ‘The Missing Billions: The UK Tax Gap’ this morning. I’ll declare an interest now: I wrote this report. It’s
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HMRC says offshore brand abuse is increasing
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Accountancy Age has reported that Dave Hartnett, HM Revenue & Customs’ acting chairman has said that HMRC is encountering new and aggressive avoidance techniques. He
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