Cold Calling for Tax Schemes May Leave You Engaged… With HMRC
Paul Panayi wonders why anyone would sign up to a tax avoidance scheme after a cold call — just because…
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Tax Avoidance Schemes From Stop to Go!
The recent arrest of several bankers, alleged to have embarked on tax evasion through fraud, serves as a timely reminder…
ByLDF versus the UK-Swiss tax agreement
Swiss Rolled Decision time looms for many taxpayers between the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility and the new UK-Swiss agreement. Charles Gothard…
ByFatca(ts) Beware
The American government are forcing banks around the world to sack their US clients, says Kristin Konschnik, as the new…
ByNo Safe Haven
One man has declared war on the world’s most powerful low-tax jurisdictions. Nicholas Shaxson tells Freddy Barker why his book…
ByWhy, I Do Declare!
If undisclosed offshore accounts are playing on your conscience, now’s the time to come clean — the government has never…
ByBudget 2011: Tackling Tax Avoidance
by Sophie McBain The Treasury claims that the anti-tax-avoidance measures introduced in the 2011 Budget will increase tax receipts by…
ByThe Power of Ja
What would you say to the removal of government from the money-making process, along with the economists? Total madness, surely?…
ByBreaking up is hard to do
You may think you’ve divorced yourself from the UK, but the taxman sees it differently. Glen Atchison and Dhana Sabanathan…
ByRum Business or Jamaican Fizz?
Jamaica wants to become the Caribbean’s next big investment magnet. Think about it and you’ll realise that’s not as unlikely…
ByI Liech That!
Freddy Barker says carpe diem to take advantage of the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility: it’s never been easier to come clean…
ByChancing Chancellors
by Freddy Barker and Godfrey Barker Channel 4’s Ask the Chancellors last night promised all the excitement of One Foot…
ByTaking the ‘Lie’ out of ‘Liechtenstein’
by Freddy Barker THE HILLS ARE alive with the sound of… disclosure? On Friday, HMRC began promoting its Liechtenstein Disclosure…
ByUruguay, The Best Tax Haven You’ve Never Heard Of
Uruguay is one of the least known but most enticing locations for high net worths and their businesses thanks to…
BySmith to Keynes: Be Quiet!
This is the text of Alasdair Macleod’s Adam Smith lecture, delivered last week at Boodles: Alasdair takes aim at the…
ByLunatic Express!
Less than a year after the global economy derailed, the big-bonus gravy train is not only back on the rails…
ByGoldman Sucks
Or does it? Slagging off the world’s most powerful bank is a popular pastime these days — but how much…
ByTax Special: Seek and Hide
Crusading politicians may posture and pronounce as much as they like. But the rich will always look for — and…
ByTax Special: Suisse and Sour
Josh Spero on the future — shamed, chastened, battered and bruised — of Swiss banking O f all the obvious…
ByTax Special: Offshore and Off Message
The current crackdowns risk missing the important point that low-tax jurisdictions are both legitimate and necessary, says Roderick Balfour I…
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