by Alex Dunnagan | Mar 25, 2020
In an interview last week with the Italian daily “La Repubblica”, Pope Francis held tax dodgers partially responsible for the struggle Italian health services are now going through in trying to deal with covid.1 The coronavirus has hit Italy the hardest, with close to...
by George Turner | Mar 10, 2020
The new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has had a busy month. Thrust into the hot seat as the government prepared to present its first budget since October 2018, one of the first items to hit his desk, a global pandemic. Although the world’s attention is rightly focused on...
by George Turner | Nov 15, 2019
There is widespread international consensus that the current system for taxing multinational companies is broken beyond repair. The OECD is currently negotiating a new system, with the organisation aiming to come to an agreement early in 2020. The current OECD...
by George Turner | Oct 2, 2019
2nd October 2019 – George Turner For as long as taxes have existed, people have sought to avoid paying them. The term tax avoidance can be traced back to the early 1900s, and the issue has gripped the public, press and politicians ever since. Today, tax...
by George Turner | Oct 2, 2019
2nd October 2019 – George Turner There is a pervasive understanding amongst the public, journalists and politicians that tax avoidance is all ‘perfectly legal’. This idea is promoted by tax advisors who have a direct financial interest in convincing their...
