Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26, if the Labour government of which she is a part lasts that long. I will
Read the full article…
The Alternative Budget 2025, Part 3: Creating a new fiscal framework
Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26, if the Labour government of which she is a part lasts that long. I will
Read the full article…
Why does the government tackle benefit fraud and ignore tax cheats? Could it be prejudice?
The National Audit Office issued a report yesterday on efforts being made by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to tackle benefit fraud, and
Read the full article…
How to end phoenixing
As the FT notes this morning: HM Revenue & Customs has lost hundreds of millions of pounds more than previously estimated to an insolvency practice
Read the full article…
Tax transparency really matters
The Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT), the International Budget Partnership (IBP) and the University of Sheffield have launched a major new training programme on
Read the full article…
Danger for the wealthy is not danger for the UK
Rachel Reeves may be about to close a major inheritance tax loophole — and the wealthy are calling it “dangerous.” But what’s really dangerous in
Read the full article…
The wealthy have not gone
As the FT has noted this morning: Fears of a massive non-dom exodus from the UK have been allayed by initial tax data, which suggests
Read the full article…
Tax cheats could fill Rachel Reeves’ ‘black hole’
People say Rachel Reeves faces a £40bn “black hole” in the UK budget. She is hinting at tax rises — but that gap could be
Read the full article…
The government still insists tax funds government spending – and it doesn’t
There was a fundamental flaw in the first line of the Executive Summary of HM Revenue & Customs’ Transformation Roadmap, published, like many other government
Read the full article…

Buy me a coffee!
