Tax avoidance and development just do not mix (someone please tell Bon0)
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007I’ve been called by quite a lot of news agencies about the Bono story, which has not hit the New York Times. This is what
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Private equity - simply a bunch of free-riders
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007The Guardian did a feature on private equity yesterday. There was a response from the industry today. What was disappointing about the article, and this
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Some stories run and run
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007It’s good to see that some stories just run and run. Bono’s use of the Netherlands to minimise his tax bills is one of them.
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Wal-Mart free-riding the system
Monday, February 5th, 2007The Wall Street Journal did one of its regular, and well researched reports on tax last week. I was so bogged down in writing the
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There is no myth about the Tax Gap - it's real
Friday, February 2nd, 2007The Wall Street Journal published an editorial on 30 January (hidden behind their subscription wall) in which they challenged the assumption, inherent in recent Senate
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Bono - back in the news - and way off track
Monday, January 29th, 2007Bono is back in the news. He’s been at Davos telling the great and good what to do, but Bloomberg’s have decided to draw attention
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KPMG plead guilty
Monday, January 29th, 2007Forbes and others have reported on KPMG’s latest tax misfortunes, this time in Texas. KPMG have pleaded guilty to 96 tax offences, accepted the maximum
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KPMG call for tax transparency
Friday, January 26th, 2007Loughlin Hickey at KPMG has been out on the stump in Sweden and has called for greater transparency in taxation: I want to highlight signs
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The US Tax Gap
Friday, January 26th, 2007The US Senate held a hearing on the Tax Gap earlier this week. Three organisations submitted evidence, of which one was Citizens for Tax Justice,
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