The Commonwealth
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal countries. It is home to 2.5 billion people, and includes both advanced economies and developing countries. 33 of our members are small states, including many island nations. Our member governments have agreed to shared goals like development, democracy and peace. Our values and principles are expressed in the Commonwealth Charter.
The Commonwealth Secretariat is the intergovernmental organisation that supports member countries to achieve the Commonwealth’s aims of development, democracy and peace. It publishes authoritative, evidence-based research and knowledge products for policymakers, academics, professionals and wider publics across the world. Our areas of focus and expertise include small and developing states; environment and climate change; democracy, law and government; and social issues concerning young people, gender, health and education.
Trading Places?
Andrew Rimmer
This book introduces the main concepts and trade facilitation reliefs that businesses must understand if they are to trade internationally with the least intervention and disruption from the Tax Authorities. It highlights the means of importing goods and arriving at the Customs value on which import duty and import VAT are computed. It also provides commentary on export procedures and the VAT treatment of intra-EC trading, including potential fiscal barriers to exploiting non-UK markets. Chapters on potential pitfalls and planning for international trade provide the reader with an overview of ‘Best-practice’ when looking to import or export goods.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781907444005
- Publication Date: Nov 2010
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A Walk Down the Fairway of Value Added Tax
Ian Fleming
This book is intended as a guide to the basic rules of VAT as they affect golf clubs for club secretaries, treasurers, finance committee chairmen and accounting practices that have golf clubs as their clients. The third edition includes a new chapter to cover claims for overpaid VAT the consequences of the Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club case and new HMRC guidance.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781907444753
- Publication Date: Feb 2013
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Marylebone Lives
Carl Upsall
Marylebone has been home to its fair share of rogues, villains and eccentrics, and their stories are told here. Over the past 10 years the Marylebone Journal has printed historical essays on the people, places, and events that have helped shape the character of the area. The essays have been grouped into themes of: history, politicians and warriors, culture and sport , love and marriage, criminals, science and medicine, buildings and places, and the mad bad and dangerous to know ‒ those whose stories don't fit a convenient box but are too good not to tell.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781910151037
- Publication Date: Jun 2015
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The Tax Schedule
Eile Gibson
The Tax Schedule explains the underlying rationale of the key provisions of the tax schedule, and provides updated model long-form and short-form warranties and tax indemnities. These are also included on a disk, so that practitioners can download and adapt the model documents for their own transactions. Since January 2014 we have witnessed continued erosion of the powers of the tax evasion industry including a new Targeted Anti-Avoidance Rule (TAAR), increased penalties and new HMRC powers, major changes the taxation of UK property for non-UK residents and non-UK domiciles, and a recently introduced investors' relief, similar to entrepreneurs' relief but which is available to non-employees and directors. The book has been updated to reflect these developments. This edition contains an extended glossary, details of new investor relief schemes and changes in legislation as announced as at 15 September 2016. The intended readership of the book is tax lawyers, tax accountants, corporate lawyers, corporate advisors and finance directors who are involved in the process of the sale of a company. Need more than one copy? If there is just one copy in the library, it may not be there when you need it. Buy one copy at full price, and extra copies can be bought at half price using the discount code TS2HP
- Imprint: Spiramus Press
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781910151280
- Publication Date: Oct 2016
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Methodological Issues in Accounting Research
Zahirul Hoque
What is my theory? How do I choose a theory? Why and how should I employ a particular method for collecting the empirical data? This book helps address these questions. The principal aims of this second edition are (1) to update the chapters previously published in 2006 and (2) to introduce new chapters documenting recent developments in accounting research.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781910151464
- Publication Date: Mar 2018
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Opera Lives
Linda Kitchen
WHAT MAKES AN OPERA SINGER? And where in the making of a performance is the identity of the singer themselves? Linda Kitchen goes behind the scenes with prominent voices who have valuable insight about the world of opera, discussing what it means to be a performer, how they got into the profession and how who they are affects how they perform. Illustrated with photos of the artists in places that lend meaning to their lives by renowned photographer Nobby Clark. Visit our Facebook page for more photos and information:https://www.facebook.com/operalivesbook/
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781910151709
- Publication Date: Nov 2018
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Taxation of Entertainers and Sports Persons
Adrian Shipwright
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781910151099
- Publication Date: Oct 2024
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On the Principles of Gibraltar Taxation
Grahame Jackson
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781913507633
- Publication Date: Sep 2024
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The Employee Ownership Manual
Robert Postlethwaite
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781913507657
- Publication Date: Oct 2024
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City Slicker
Phil Kettle
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781925308372
- Publication Date: Dec 2021
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Chookshed Blues
Phil Kettle
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781925308570
- Publication Date: Dec 2021
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The Rise and Fall of the Department for International Development
Mark Lowcock
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781944691134
- Publication Date: Oct 2024
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Protecting the Homeland
Daniel S. Hamilton
Developing common or complementary approaches to what Europeans call societal security and what Americans call homeland security is a major priority for the transatlantic community in 21st century. Threats such as terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, regional conflict, state failure, and organized crime require a committed transatlantic partnership in order to be successful. Five European country case studies are offered here, along with implications for the United States. This book is the result of a collaborative effort between the Center for Transatlantic Relations and Johns Hopkins University – SAIS in Washington, D.C., the Swiss Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich; and Crismart at the Swedish National Defence College. Contributors include Axel Hagelstam (National Emergency Supply Agency, Finland), Stein Hendriksen (Norwegian Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergency Planning), Jan-Philipp Kessler (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Jan Metzger (Zurich State Department of Economy), Thomas Pankratz (Austrian Ministry of Defense), and Anu Sallinen (Finnish Defense Staff).
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780976643425
- Publication Date: Jan 2006
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Terrorism and International Relations
Daniel S. Hamilton
A Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS and The Calouste Gulbenkain Foundation publicationInternational experts examine the nature of contemporary terrorism and its consequences. The authors discuss the internationalization of terrorism; its costs, causes, and networks; the global response; and implications for law, democracy, religion, the media, and international cooperation.Contributors include Yonah Alexander (Potomac Institute for Policy Studies), Daniel Benjamin (CSIS), Monique Canto-Sperber (Ecole Normale Superieur), Gareth Evans (International Crisis Group), Richard Falkenrath (Brookings Institution), Farhad Khosrokhavar (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales), Brigitte Nacos (Columbia University), Christine Ockrent (columnist), Stefan Oeter (University of Hamburg), Daniel Sibony (writer), Florence Taubmann (pastor), and Paul Wilkenson (Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St.Andrews).
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780976643487
- Publication Date: Jul 2006
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The United States of America and the European Union
Gerhard Wahlers
The United States of America and the European Union are partners in a world undergoing rapid changes. The need for cooperation based on trust requires better information about each other and permanent contacts with one another. In this book the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Johns Hopkins Center for Transatlantic Relations have asked authoritative personalities from the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament to share their insights. This book is also meant as an indispensable compendium of the major European institutions and a praxis-oriented handbook for establishing contacts with key European opinion leaders.
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780978882129
- Publication Date: May 2007
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Unconventional Crises, Unconventional Responses
Erwan Lagadec
Since the 1990s, North America and Europe have confronted a series of unconventional, catastrophic, or "hypercomplex" crises. On the one hand, the U.S. and Canada have faced 9/11, the anthrax crisis, the SARS outbreak, and Hurricane Katrina. Meanwhile, Europe has been hit by the "Mad Cow" disease, the 2003 heatwave, and 2007 forest fires in Greece. In addition, both sides were involved in the response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Events such as these have destabilized, or even overwhelmed, traditional mechanisms for planning, response, and recovery. They have called upon leaders and analysts to develop new frameworks of interpretation, strategic guidelines, and roadmaps for action. All too often, in the absence of such insights, response efforts have tragically fallen short, and have been followed by a litany of after-event reports that typically have failed to get to the root of the problem. To tackle this issue, the Center for Transatlantic Relations in 2006 launched the project "Unconventional Crises, Unconventional Responses" under the leadership of Dr. Erwan Lagadec. The project sets up a cross-sector, international platform of leaders and experts. Based on the results of a seminar convened in Washington, D.C. in March 2007, this book develops innovative diagnoses of current deficiencies in crisis-management concepts, and lays out proposals for reform.
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780978882181
- Publication Date: Jan 2008
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