The world of tax is in a mess. Google, Amazon and, according to Ernst & Young before the Public Accounts Committee, many more companies are persistently abusing the international tax system to make sure they do not pay tax where it is very obviously due. The person who can deny that tax justice, and the
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As the Guardian editorial notes this morning: Whether it’s Jimmy Carr or Starbucks, public anger over tax avoidance must be most evident in the UK. No wonder David Cameron has made a new deal on tax a key objective of this summer’s G8 summit. The economist Paul Collier, who is advising the government, has suggested
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The Tax Justice Network and Tipping Point Film Fund are jointly organising a day of activity in London on Saturday 8th June designed to engage all those  - public and campaigners alike – who would like to know more about why tax matters to society and, therefore, the need  to intensify the spotlight on tax
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One of the tedious, and recurring themes, of those who come to this blog to object to what I say is that I sometimes choose not to engage with them, I delete them when I think their comments fall outside my comments policy, or that I am short in response to their comments. I, unsurprisingly, do not agree with any
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Tax-News.com published responses to the news that Austria and Luxembourg had blocked progress on the European Union Savings Tax Directive this week, including this one: Commenting Chas Roy-Chowdhury, Head of Taxation for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, said: “Europe wide and global efforts to crackdown on the illegal practice of tax evasion is a positive
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The Conservatives really said that. In 1950. In their election manifesto. How far they have gone in the wrong direction since then. It is impossible to believe a Conservative would say that now.

I’ve been asked to suggest how we could stop Google, Amazon and others beating the UK tax system, as they beat many of the tax systems around the world. One answer is unitary taxation. In December the Tax Justice Network published a paper by Sol Picciotto explaining unitary taxation. Amid rising public concern at how multinational firms ride roughshod over international tax
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I was listening to Radio 4 business news at 8.45 this morning on my way to the station. Because of poor reception I could not hear whowas being interviewed. What I do know is that they argued that we will, over the next 25 years, have to accept that parochial national governments will have to
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Best quote of yesterday was Margaret Hodge: ‘I think that you do evil’ But run close by Anna Walker of UK Uncut: “The government talks tough on tax, but does not do much” Whilst Lin Homer of HMRC picks up worst of the day, for the sheer arrogance and inability to comprehend what’s needed that
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