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    Business, taxation and moral obligations

    13 January 2013 Payment of tax is not a matter of ethics, it is a matter of law, compliance with which is the duty of a board of directors Sir,…

    Extra £77m to rein in evasion, but experts say the horse has already bolted

    13 January 2013 The Government was warned last night that its £77 million crack down on tax avoidance and illegal tax evasion was not enough to close its widening £32…

    Loopholes, avoidance and a simpler system of taxation

    13 January 2013 The question of what constitutes tax avoidance is a difficult one and the concept may be too broad Sir, Margaret Hodge is right in saying that we…

    Shelter your cash to save £500,000

    13 January 2013 MIDDLE-CLASS families face an effective pay cut of almost £4,000 after new child benefit rules took effect last week, according to analysts. However, experts say that top…

    Tax haven Britain

    13 January 2013 It has been a good year for Phil Shadbolt. The awards have been rolling in for the solar-powered road signs and street lights made by Zeta Specialist…

    How it unfolded: Osborne raids benefits and pensions to plug deficit

    13 January 2013 Main points: *Benefits cut for 3 years to save £3.7 billion *Tax-free pensions cut: raises £1bn a year *3p fuel duty rise in January is scrapped *More…

    Mario Draghi: Eurozone ‘recovering faster than UK and US’

    13 January 2013 Europe’s top central banker has claimed that the public finances of eurozone governments are healing more quickly than in other advanced nations, including the United States and…

    Greece set for early Christmas present

    13 January 2013 Greece was told yesterday that it could expect payment of a further €31.5 billion of rescue loans by the end of the month, although European finance ministers…

    Britain’s big squeeze pauses for breath

    13 January 2013 The seemingly inexorable squeeze on family finances in Britain is at its weakest in almost two years, but the relief may not last long as inflation looks…

    Families looking forward to a grim 2013

    13 January 2013 A majority of families believe they will be worse off or at best no better off in the coming year, new research has revelealed. The Markitt household…