11 February 2016 Do Multinationals Pay Enough Tax? The Shaw Sheet’s litmus test. by John Watson If you read bed-time stories to young children you will have discovered that they like to hear the same tale over and over again. It doesn’t matter that they know the ending. Their minds are locked onto a particular… Continue reading Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Do Multinationals Pay Enough Tax? (John Watson)
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Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Lynching Google (John Watson)
04 February 2016 Lynching Google Analysis of a tax witch-hunt. By John Watson What are the ingredients of a witch-hunt? No, put down that recipe book, I am not talking about a new form of gateaux but rather the sort of thing that went on in mediaeval England with ducking stools, ostracism, stocks, lynchings and… Continue reading Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Lynching Google (John Watson)
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: BEPS Reports Published
08 October 2015 BEPS Reports Published By John Watson Monday saw the publication of the OECD reports on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. What gobbledegook, you may think; but then, after all, it is all about tax. In particular it is about stopping multinationals from reducing their tax liabilities by various forms of financial trickery.… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: BEPS Reports Published
