How much evidence does Jersey need?
Sunday, November 11th, 2007The people of Jersey have rumbled what 0 / 10 taxation means. If most companies pay no tax in Jersey and finance companies pay half
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Banana companies say "what's the problem?"
Saturday, November 10th, 2007Freshinfo.com (a site I admit I do not usually frequent, and you have to register) has a response from the banana companies to the Guardian’s
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The Guardian Guide to transfer pricing
Friday, November 9th, 2007This has to be seen…. It’s the graphic version of the banana transfer pricing story. Strongly recommended.
Comments on this site
Friday, November 9th, 2007I have for some time wondered whether it is worth accepting comments on this site. The number of commentators is small in proportion to traffic,
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Havens and have nots
Friday, November 9th, 2007Following on from the Guardian’s article on bananas on Tuesday (the longest single theme article ever published in the main body of the Guardian, so
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The Left have to talk about distribution when discussing tax
Friday, November 9th, 2007There’s a good article in the Scottish newspaper The Herald this morning. Commenting on reports of the increasing income divide between rich and poor throughout
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IFRS 8 - Europe gives a big thumbs down to the IASB
Thursday, November 8th, 2007I have been campaigning for improved segment reporting and for country-by-country reporting by companies for the last five years. It was in late 2002 that
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London - the unlikeliest of tax havens
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007The FT ran an article under the above heading yesterday. It could be seen as celebratory comment from the private banking sector following Alastair Darling’s
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Ireland fights for its tax rate
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007Irish Finance minister Brian Cowen is reported to have told Irish employers: that is committed to maintaining Ireland’s 12.5pc corporation tax – a key component
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