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Thursday, March 21, 2019

More than £100bn of UK property is secretly owned


Stadium could have been refurbished for $18 million, secret report shows



The final New South Wales leaders debate was interrupted when an “undecided” questioner was revealed as the lead candidate for the Australian Conservatives who had “snuck in” to the audience.


Michael Daley blames TV stumbles on 'pressure of debate'

NSW election: Gladys Berejiklian in the fight of her political life



Research to enhance HMRC’s understanding of the impact of the commencement of the corporate criminal offences introduced in the Criminal Finances Act 2017




  • More than £100bn of UK property is secretly owned (18 Mar 2019)
  • UBS's French Tax Woes Could Worsen  (18 Mar 2019)
  • EU scraps digital tax plan after opposition from member states  (18 Mar 2019)
  • MPs call for tax on social media companies  (18 Mar 2019)
  • OECD Digital Tax Plan Needs More Clarity, Multinationals Say  (18 Mar 2019)
  • Tax evasion in Europe exclusive series: European lawmakers ratcheting up oversight of freeports  (18 Mar 2019)
  • State Aid and Freeports: EU disapproves tax exemptions in Madeira  (18 Mar 2019)
  • HMRC: One in ten UK taxpayers has an offshore account (18 Mar 2019)
  • Brexit moves 'will reduce UK tax base, influence and jobs'  (18 Mar 2019)
  • Inequality and Tax Rates: A Global Comparison  (18 Mar 2019)
  • LOAN CHARGE: UK government must act to end tax change distress  (18 mAY 2019)
  • The Brexiteers are getting rich off Brexit  (15 Mar 2019)
  • Time to trim the UK's army of financial watchdogs  (15 Mar 2019)
  • UBS sets aside $516 million for French tax case  (15 Mar 2019)
  • Rich Brits Give Up Almost Nothing Under Final Chance Tax Program  (15 Mar 2019)
  • Bankers should pay their fair share of tax for society's sake  (15 Mar 2019)
  • 'Skint' Nigel Farage's company assets grew almost £400k last year  (15 Mar 2019)
  • HMRC wins battle to tax Lehman Brothers interest payments  (15 Mar 2019)
  • HMRC boss accused of evading questions over contentious tax  (15 Mar 2019)
  • EU tax haven blacklist triples to include 15 countries  (15 Mar 2019)
  • Money laundering is a dirty business that we need to clean up together  (15 Mar 2019)
  • Tax avoidance crackdown on businesses looms, warn lawyers  (15 Mar 2019)


  • One of the most curious qualities of the Thodey review into the Australian Public Service is its timing.

    Chairman David Thodey released his interim report on Tuesday, metaphorically five minutes out from the next federal election. His final report now seems unlikely to land until some time after the poll.

    Given there are just a handful of sitting days left between now and when Australia votes, and that they are going to be given over to the budget in any case, the Morrison government will have little or no opportunity to respond to Thodey's work in this parliamentary term.

    That means, if the polls are to be believed, the Coalition has a less than 50 per cent chance of implementing the findings of a review that was originally commissioned under Malcolm Turnbull. In the event that Labor wins, two prime ministers will have come and gone, and the country will be on its third, over the life of the inquiry.