Death, drugs, and HSBC
How fraudulent blood money makes the world go round ‘Recent reporting on illegal tax evasion by the world’s second largest bank, HSBC, opens a window onto the pivotal role of Western banks in facilitating organised […]
Tag: Tax Avoidance
Labour’s Lord Owen own goal over tax avoidance as he is ordered to repay £50,000 after investigation by HMRC
‘Former Labour Foreign Secretary and party donor David Owen has been exposed as having invested in a tax avoidance scheme – in a major embarrassment for Ed Miliband. Lord Owen has been ordered to repay […]
No wonder Nick Clegg has gone quiet on tax dodging: His wife’s paid by law firm that helps rich avoid tax and his father is chairman of bank with ties to tax haven
‘Not long ago, a law firm called Dechert invited carefully selected guests to a special ‘An Inspector Calls’ seminar at its vast, steel-and-glass-clad office in the City of London. It was organised by the firm’s […]
HSBC chief executive ‘sheltered £5million of his money in bank’s Swiss arm at centre of tax avoidance scandal’
‘The chief executive of crisis-hit HSBC sheltered millions of pounds in a Swiss bank account, it was claimed last night. Leaked files reportedly show that Stuart Gulliver held £5million in the bank’s Geneva-based subsidiary that […]
Private equity bosses using £700m tax ‘loophole’ – and donating to the Tories
‘Millionaire executives at private-equity firms are avoiding up to £700m in tax a year using a loophole which George Osborne has repeatedly failed to close, according to a new investigation. Tax campaigners said the arrangement, […]
Private equity bosses using £700m tax ‘loophole’ – and donating to the Tories
‘Millionaire executives at private-equity firms are avoiding up to £700m in tax a year using a loophole which George Osborne has repeatedly failed to close, according to a new investigation. Tax campaigners said the arrangement, […]
‘I probably shouldn’t be advocating this’: Video of a young George Osborne advising voters how to dodge taxes unearthed
‘A video of a young George Osborne advising voters how to use ‘clever financial products’ to avoid taxes has been unearthed. In the clip, recorded on BBC’s Daily Politics in 2003, Mr Osborne smirks as […]