Offshore Companies and American Politics with Heather Anson

Dr. Heather Anson is a multi-national law consultant and part of the team at Digital Law UK, director of DLUK Evaluate, and owner of Anson Legal.

She joined me for a fascinating discussion about offshore companies, tax evasion and avoidance, and how the IRS in America investigates and uncovers corruption.

Heather was born in America and worked in Arizona, so I picked her brains about the political system in the United States.

How does it work and how is it different to the UK's system? And if Donald Trump were to become President, would this be as terrifying as many of us think? This episode was broadcast on Sheffield Live FM radio on Friday 3 June 2016.

Timings:

• 0 - 7:57 introductions and updates: BHS collapse; new research into lunch breaks and wellbeing; and more
• 7:57 - 26:21- Interview with Heather Anson - introduction, offshoring: why do businesses (and individuals) choose to register offshore; tax evasion compared with tax avoidance; the IRS's powers in the USA; uncovering corruption.
• 26:21 - end - Heather Anson - the political system in the United States: its powers; the President's powers and how candidates are chosen.