I was fortunate enough to spend a couple of days last week in discussion with the head of transfer pricing from a small developing country. One of the obstacles that I hadn’t previously understood was that it is sometimes very hard for tax authorities to prove in court that an offshore company is related to… Continue reading How UK’s Companies House could be making life harder for tax inspectors in developing countries
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ActionAid on the global fight against tax havens
Well, happy 40th birthday ActionAid. Beginning as a small London-based child sponsorship initiative, my former employer had grown into a truly global federation of development organisations. Form follows function, and the brilliant decision to relegate ActionAid’s UK office from headquarters to one member of a federation with the same number of votes as, say, ActionAid Malawi is… Continue reading ActionAid on the global fight against tax havens
Martin Hearson 