In the October 2016 Tax Justice Network podcast: we look at the offshorisation of Iceland’s economy, its collapse and recovery. What are the lessons? Also, Brazil adds Ireland to its tax haven black list and Panama threatens anyone who dares…
‘George Osborne has yet again claimed the £130m tax settlement with Google is a “major success”, in response to continued criticism of the deal. The negotiations for the agreement, which effectively means Google will have paid a 3% tax rate in the UK over the last decade, were undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). […]
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‘Offshore tax havens enable not only individuals to dodge taxes—they also enable multinational corporations to do so. Often this tax avoidance is done within the letter of the law: multinational groups exploit the loopholes of current legislation. The fundamental problem is that the corporate tax is not adapted anymore to today’s globalized world and must […]
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‘Malcolm Turnbull has taken a pummelling in Parliament over his personal investments in a Caribbean tax haven, including two registered at a Cayman Islands address described by US President Barack Obama as “the biggest tax scam on record”. The Prime Minister’s investment portfolio was raised in the Senate before dominating question time on Wednesday as […]
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‘White-collar criminals who launder billions by buying luxury UK properties must be tackled, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday. Experts warn these fraudsters are distorting the UK property market and pushing up house prices in the process. Cameron’s criticism of money laundering formed part of a speech on financial secrecy in Singapore. He expressed […]
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‘Chancellor George Osborne’s family business made £6 million in a property deal with a developer based in a tax haven, a Channel 4 News investigation has found. Wallpaper firm Osborne & Little teamed up with a secretive corporation in the British Virgin Islands, to draw up plans to redevelop its former London headquarters into housing. […]
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‘Chancellor George Osborne’s family business made £6 million in a property deal with a developer based in a tax haven, a Channel 4 News investigation has found. Wallpaper firm Osborne & Little teamed up with a secretive corporation in the British Virgin Islands, to draw up plans to redevelop its former London headquarters into housing. […]
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‘Conservative Party candidates are bankrolled by hedge fund donations siphoned to Westminster from lucrative tax havens including the Cayman Islands, new analysis suggests. Figures released on Thursday by the Electoral Commission detail donations received by […]
‘Conservative Party candidates are bankrolled by hedge fund donations siphoned to Westminster from lucrative tax havens including the Cayman Islands, new analysis suggests. Figures released on Thursday by the Electoral Commission detail donations received by […]
‘A Conservative peer has described David Cameron’s flagship G8 anti-tax avoidance initiative as a “purely political gesture” designed to head off European attempts to curb the City of London. Lord Blencathra, the former Tory home […]
‘Virgin Care, which has been handed contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds to run more than 230 NHS and social care services, is one of at least 10 private health firms seeking state-funded contracts […]
It’s been a big week in the world of global mega-banks, financial secrecy and tax-dodging. In case you were hiding under a rock somewhere, we are talking about whistle blower Herve Falciani, ‘the worlds local bank,’ HSBC and the “Swiss leaks” scandal. ‘Too…
It’s been a big week in the world of global mega-banks, financial secrecy and tax-dodging. In case you were hiding a rock somewhere, we are talking about whistle blower Herve Falciani, ‘the worlds local bank,’ HSBC and the “Swiss leaks” scandal. ‘Too Big…