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The UK’s new VAT system on imports has not the slightest chance of working – and keeps honest traders out of the country

Posted on January 6 2021

The Byline Times is amongst many media organisations reporting one of the most crass consequences of Brexit, so far. As they note (and the whole
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Good Law Project forces HMRC to collect £1.5bn in VAT from Uber

Posted on October 23 2020

I share this from the Good Law Project, just published: Way back in April 2017, we announced we were going to take on HMRC’s failure to
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HMRC has a lot of explaining to do on its latest tax ‘facts’

Posted on January 29 2020

HM Revenue & Customs published a ‘factsheet’ on Monday on the supposed success of the ‘Diverted Profits Tax’ (DPT), introduced by George Osborne in 2015
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What to do about VAT?

Posted on June 10 2019

Some people have noted my criticism of Michael Gove’s plans for a ‘simple sales tax’ to replace VAT and have said that maybe he has
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Gove, VAT and Channel 4 news

Posted on June 9 2019

I wrote about Michael Gove’s bizarre plan to scrap VAT this morning. It transferred to Channel 4 news this evening, wth credit given, Start at
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Why Michael Gove’s plan to abolish VAT could be a tax increase and help imports

Posted on June 9 2019

The Tory leadership race really is starting to look like the silly season for policy ideas. Michael Gove’s suggestion that we get rid of VAT
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies continues to spread falsehoods on VAT

Posted on May 27 2019

The FT reports this morning that: Britain’s tax system is progressive and takes significantly more money from the rich than the poor, the Institute for
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Has ‘Auditor’s Nose’ ceased to exist?

Posted on May 10 2019

A regular commentator on this blog sent me a mail saying this yesterday: I came across this article today. https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-05-07/how-major-banks-turned-a-blind-eye-to-the-theft-of-billions-of-pounds-of-public-money I did know about it, having
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The European Commission is giving up on us

Posted on January 24 2019

As the FT has reported this morning: Brussels is to sue the UK in Europe’s highest court over tax breaks for commodities traders, according to
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