I just searched the Taxpayers’ Alliance site for the term Starbucks. I was sure they had to have said something about the issue. Nope. Nothing. Not a hit. Not a word. Zilch. How is that? How come ’Britain’s independent grassroots campaign for lower taxes’ has nothing to say about Starbucks paying almost no tax? Surely they’re
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I note the Taxpayer’s Alliance are publishing a report in the morning on their ideas for the UK tax system. I haven’t got a copy yet but the Guardian summarises its main recommendations as follows: The most eye-catching proposal in the 417-page report, which is jointly published by the Taxpayers’ Alliance and the Institute of
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The Taxpayers’ Alliance have published a report this morning in which they claim:  Over the last five financial years  £27.4 billion of tax revenue has been lost by  HMRC through remissions or write-offs.  That is over £1,000 per household lost in tax over the last five years, or more than £200 per year.  £5.9
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As the FT notes this morning: Republican lawmakers are studying ways for states to go bankrupt, a move that could enable them to renegotiate their pensions, but one that will be met with fierce opposition in Congress and the financial markets I have already drawn attention to the fact that a significant number of states
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The Tax Justice Network has a blog highlighting the abuse caused by the Channel Island’s VAT abuse. As they say: Today, bang on cue, TJN was contacted by a retailer in England’s west country. She opened her business twenty years ago. It thrived for the first 15 years. Now she will be closing the shop
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I note the Guardian’s report today on the Taxpayer’s Alliance conference in London. I think they fairly summarise it as an attempt to launch a version of the Tea Party movement in the USA in the UK. As the Guardian notes: Libertarian US Tea Party organisations attended a conference in London today to share tactics
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Tory tax allies ‘subsidised’ by the taxpayer | Politics | The Guardian . As they might say “This is an outrageous waste of taxpayer money.” Of course they might add “These are funds being routed through an unaccountable quango to be used for an unaccountable purpose.” But I would not possibly do that.

The Other TaxPayers’ Alliance | Massaging the figures: the Public Sector Rich List. Clifford Singer exposes the Taxpayer’s Alliance data on the public sector rich list for what it is – bogus and inconsistent data. More importantly, as he notes: If the TPA showed any concern for the lowest paid – for example by supporting
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The Other TaxPayers’ Alliance | Happy birthday to us!. Good work Clifford Keep at them!