Tax Avoidance

‘Tax avoidance’ makes the G8 in Fermanagh more meaningful to Dublin than Stormont…

Mick Fealty on June 14, 2013, 11:53 am

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Yep, and if you want a short (if a little repetitive) pen picture of what and the who of the G8, this short video from the US Embassy in London is as good a grab as any. You can see from the ariel photographs here just why the Lough Erne Golf Resort was such a no brainer to the organisers. To steal from Shakespeare’s John o’ Gaunt “it is a precious stone set in the silver sea/Which serves it in …

Offshore tax evasion crackdown expected to raise £10bn…

Dewi on November 14, 2010, 1:01 pm

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Yesterday’s Guardian reports on Osbourne’s negotiations with Liechtenstein, Switzerland and a further 3 unidentified tax havens. The Treasury appear confident of raising £10bn over the next 5 years: The Treasury had only budgeted to raise £1bn across the parliament, mainly from an agreement with Liechtenstein. But George Osborne, the chancellor, is now expecting to raise £2bn to £3bn from secret bank accounts in the mini-state alone. Officials said a further £3bn was expected to be raised from Swiss bank accounts …