Inheritance tax: If you're going to talk about it please understand it
Friday, August 17th, 2007I’ve just done Radio 5 Live. We were meant to be discussing inheritance tax. Scheduled start time was 9.00. On air time was actually 11.45.
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There is a crisis - so suspend FRS 17 now
Friday, August 17th, 2007A week ago it was possible to report that UK pension funds were in surplus. A week’s a long time in the financial markets. They’re
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Jersey's ticking clock
Thursday, August 16th, 2007The Jersey Evening Post reported yesterday (sorry, no permalink and reproduced in the public interest as a result) that: THE Treasury department has 18 months
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Tax haven UK - 4 - Never file a set of accounts
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007One of the chief characteristics of a tax haven is that it provides a secrecy space – an opportunity for something to happen about which
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Would a little less liquidity and a bit more responsibility help?
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007The Guardian and many others report on Goldman Sachs’ hedge fund losses this morning: The viability of elaborate computer-driven hedge funds came under the microscope
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Fraud needs tax havens to survive
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007According to Channel Register yesterday: research figures published by accounting firm BDO Stoy Hayward, [show] there were 141 business frauds (reflecting a 42 per cent
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Tax Haven UK - 3 - Nominees
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007I’m running an occasional series on why the UK is a tax haven. I’ve already dealt with the domicile rule and the fact UK companies
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Arctic Systems: LLP's can solve the problem
Monday, August 13th, 2007Dennis Howlett has written a thoughtful review of my paper on small business taxation. Unfortunately, I think he misses quite a number of the points
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Looking after the super-rich: Evan Davis has his doubts
Friday, August 10th, 2007Evan Davis is the BBC’s economics editor. He has his doubts about the UK basing its economy on serving the super-rich and becoming, as he
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