Northern Rock - why it abused the charity
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007Several people have questioned why I think Northern Rock abused Down’s Syndrome North East by naming that charity as the beneficiary of the charitable trust
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Unitary tax is the answer
Monday, October 8th, 2007The FT reported last week that: Proposals for a radical overhaul of the taxation of foreign profits could damage inward investment, US multinationals have warned
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Non-doms buying political influence
Monday, October 8th, 2007The Observer reported this weekend that: Of the £188m raised by political parties from donations since 2001, some £17.5m, or 9.3 per cent, comes from
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Inheritance Tax - the Observer gets it horribly wrong
Monday, October 8th, 2007I am bemused by the Observer’s Cash section. This week they launched their campaign against Inheritance Tax with the headline: ‘Wicked tax’ that hits the
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Domicile - the Observer picks up the argument
Monday, October 8th, 2007The Guardian and Observer picked up the argument, first mooted on this site, that the Conservative’s domicile proposals are illegal, in two separate articles on
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Osborne's Domicile plan will fall foul of Europe
Friday, October 5th, 2007I wrote earlier this week that George Osborne’s domicile plan could be illegal. I happen to think that right, but some have objected that Parliament
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PWC in deep trouble
Friday, October 5th, 2007I think I’ve mentioned Francine Mckenna’s amazing blog called Re The Auditors before. If not, it’s been a massive oversight. Anyone with an interest in
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Osborne really said.....
Monday, October 1st, 2007Daylight is beginning to break on what George Osborne’s plans for the non-domiciled are. I gather that there will be no change in the non-dom
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Jersey, Standard Chartered and HSBC - hosts to alleged fraud
Monday, October 1st, 2007The Guardian has reported that: The Serious Fraud Office has begun a new investigation into British links with one of the biggest corruption inquiries in
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