I was invited onto LBC Radio this morning to discuss whether we needed a Budget. Presenter Matthew Wright, who seems to be keen to have
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The January Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network
In the January 2015 Tax Justice Network Taxcast: how offshore is ruining the ‘Beautiful Game’ — the Taxcast scrutinises football’s own goal. Also: how banks
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Big tech fights back on tax by aligning with right wing fundamentalists in the US
It would seem that almost uniquely the Guardian has reported yesterday’s televised open such on the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting process in Paris that
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Edgbaston 2 February
Davos needs to get its head around wealth taxation
It’s Davos time: the moment in the neoliberal calendar when he high priests of exploitation gather to celebrate their ability to pillage on behalf of
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Beware devolved tax powers because those on lowest income pay most as a result
There are those who think that devolving tax powers to individual parts of the UK will be economically beneficial. I do think that is possible
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HMRC recovers up to £97 for every £1 it spends on tax investigations
Law firm Pinsent Masons, who appear on occasion to double as HMRC’s PR agency, have been doing so digging into HMRC’s data on the yield
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What’s the reason?
The IMF published this chart this afternoon: As they say, the idea that the unemployment consequences of the 2008 crash are over is not
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Worry, because we’re heading for deflation
Over the last few years I have mentioned, every few months, that one of the real economic risks facing the UK has been deflation. I
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