Rishi Sunak played a number of cards very badly yesterday when he said that it was not appropriate for people to question his wife’s income
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Tax abusers want their pound of flesh – in court
As the FT reports this morning: Lawyers are scrambling to file compensation claims against advisers who sold tax-saving schemes that have backfired to leave an estimated £5bn
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A Code of Conduct for Taxation
In 2007 I wrote a Code of Conduct for Taxation for the Tax Justice Network and Association for Accountancy & Business Affairs. The Code of Conduct was just 2 pages
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Tax need not be an ethics free zone – what we need is a Code of Conduct
What the PAC report on HMRC’s management of the tax affairs of large corporations has shown is that tax management has become an ethics free zone. That need not
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Tax evaders use accountants
The National Audit Office has issued a report saying: In a report to Parliament today, the National Audit Office affirms that good tax agents help
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HMRC Charter
HM Revenue & Customs has launched its new Charter. The full text is here. The summary is: Your rights What you can expect from us:
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The proposed Bank Code of Conduct
The FT has noted: Banks and their advisers have hit back at the government’s proposals to crack down on tax avoidance, claiming a new code
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Making me feel nauseous
My own profession can disgust me. Lawyers take the prize making nauseous though. Take this: Opportunity for offshore account holders to slash the cost of
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It’s not fair, blah, blah, blah
The predictable response to the new Banking Code has arrived. Accountancy Age has reported: Michael Wistow, head of tax at City law firm Berwin Leighton
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