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Exclusive: Connors fights Vodafone’s corner

Salman Shaheen
August 11 2011
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In an exclusive interview with Salman Shaheen of International Tax Review, John Connors, director of tax strategy and policy at Vodafone, hits out at his company’s critics and UK Uncut and explains his stance on topical issues such as country-by-country reporting and ADR.

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