Who are KPMG trying to kid?
Monday, October 16th, 2006KPMG have circulated a news release following the successful meeting of the OECD in Seoul where 35 tax administrations agreed to co-operate more closely to
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Early Day Motion on Tax Avoidance
Friday, October 13th, 2006The UK’s Parliament has an odd mechanism called an ‘Early Day Motion’ (EDM). These are explained in detail here. What they really do is give
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An accountant at the UN
Friday, October 13th, 2006The UN is not the place at which you expect to go as an accountant. But I assure you, it is interested in the subject
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Tax competition
Thursday, October 12th, 2006Earlier this week the CBI said that UK companies are planning to flee the UK because of our increasing tax burdens. John Christensen and I
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Jersey gets it wrong, again
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006Jersey is publishing another new tax law proposal today (follow the links from here). This is its third in a couple of years, and the
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Does HSBC know what it is doing?
Friday, October 6th, 2006It’s been reported that HSBC are thinking of leaving the UK because of our tax system. It is said that the group’s head of financial
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High tax states are competitive
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006The World Economic Forum has reported that Switzerland, Sweden and Finland are the most competitive economies in the world. According to a report on Tax
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You can't have it both ways
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006The Adam Smith Institute Blog has an article on it today talking about the moral case for low taxes. I’ll refrain from pointing out that
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Conservative indifference to offshore
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006I have an article in the London Evening Standard today (on which more, later) in which I say the Tories are doing some things right
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