The exponents of wealth taxes claim that they’re a great way of raising additional tax revenue. They forget just how hard it is for anyone
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Our tax system needs radical rethinking – not tinkering over costs
Both the FT and the Guardian note criticisms of HM Revenue & Customs raised by the National Audit Office this morning. As the NAO says:
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The tax justice movement really does need to get its demands right
As the Guardian reported yesterday: The UK’s offshore financial centres must fall in behind plans to stop “dirty money” by publishing registers of corporate ownership,
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HMRC’s steady decline continues
As the FT noted a couple of days ago: The number of HM Revenue & Customs investigations into serious tax fraud and avoidance has fallen
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Labour should be picking on tax cheats
In this morning’s video, I argue that instead of picking on children in poverty and pensioners needing support with fuel bills to pay the price
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If Rachel Reeves wants more money she needs to crack down on small business tax evasion
The National Audit Office (NAO) published a report this morning that says: The UK is losing billions of pounds a year in revenue due to
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We don’t need a wealth tax, yet
This morning’s video sees me back in front of the camera. The antibiotics are working. In this video, I note that there is a lot
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Freeports are dangerous
I have, as usual, published a new video this morning in which I suggest that Rishi Sunak’s very limited legacy will include the creation of
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If you look in the wrong place, as Labour plans to do, you will never find the tax gap
HM Revenue & Customs published its new tax gap figures yesterday. They are nonsense, as they always have been. I have explained why here as
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