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500,000 Missing People: £16 Billion Of Lost Tax
March 14th, 2011
Tax Research UK published a new report this weekend on the administration of the UK’s Register of Companies by Companies House, the agency responsible for it on behalf of the UK government’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. The report extended the review to look at the administration of corporation tax returns by H M
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Tax Us If You Can: Why Africa Should Stand Up For Tax Justice
January 15th, 2011
Tax is the foundation of all civilisations. The act of tracing tax policies and practices reveals the history of the relationship between the ruler and the ruled, state and citizen. In Africa this relationship can be traced back over millennia. For instance, Egypt’s famed Rosetta Stone, created in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic era, was an agreement granting a tax exemption to priests, and
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The Drivers And Dynamics Of Illicit Financial Flows From India: 1948-2008
November 11th, 2010
This study examines the magnitude of illicit financial flows from India, analyzing the drivers and dynamics of these flows in the context of far-ranging reform. In the process, it represents perhaps the most comprehensive study on the subject matter, both in terms of the range of issues involved and the time span covered. At its heart is a
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Paying Our Dues: How Tax Dodging Punishes The Poor
October 18th, 2010
A Joint Report from Christian Aid Scotland and the Church of Scotland GLASGOW, SCOTLAND—Christian Aid Scotland and the Church of Scotland launched this joint report to raise awareness of the billions lost to developing countries from tax evasion and avoidance and to call on the International Accounting Standards Board to introduce an international country-by-country reporting
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