Time to reclaim money for the benefit of us all
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007I’ve been musing some more on the consequences of the government guaranteeing deposits with Northern Rock. By implication they have guaranteed deposits with all banks:
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It's time to shed some light on offshore tax havens
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007Barack Obama said yesterday that: It’s time to shed some sunlight not only on companies that abuse the tax code, but also on the secretive
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Someone has to say we need more progressive taxation
Monday, September 17th, 2007Thankfully the Lib Dems have had the courage to do so. As the Guardian has noted: The Liberal Democrats will highlight Britain’s widening wealth gap
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SEE Compnaies - ethical screening for companies that asks the questions people want answered
Sunday, September 16th, 2007Just launched is the SEE Companies ethical accreditation scheme for companies that identifies companies taking social, environmental and ethical (SEE) issues seriously. I welcome this:
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TJN propose Unitary Taxation for the UK
Friday, September 14th, 2007The Tax Justice Network in the UK has today submitted a response to HMRC’s consultation on the future of taxation of the profit of large
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Ignoring corruption is an act of corruption
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Legalbrief in South Africa has a report on reaction to the leaking of the Kroll report into corruption by the Moi government in Kenya, covered
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Virtual tax
Monday, September 10th, 2007AccountingWEB had a recent article on how the ‘virtual world’, such as Second Life, is taxed. I believe that the answer is simple: virtual worlds
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The TUC and the domicile rule
Monday, September 10th, 2007There’s good coverage for the TUC’s backing of the campaign to abolish the domicile rule, launched yesterday. The Independent heads their report: Close tax loophole
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The domicile rule costs £4.3 billion
Sunday, September 9th, 2007I was challenged when recording Hecklers for Radio 4 recently to estimate the tax lost as a result of the UK’s domicile rule. And I
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