Richard Murphy is the director of Tax Research LLP.

Richard is a chartered accountant and graduate economist. He trained with KPMG in London before setting up his own firm of chartered accountants in 1985 in London. He and his partners sold the firm in 2000 when it had 800 clients.

Richard is a serial entrepreneur, having directed more than 10 SMEs in sectors as diverse as IT, the toy industry and environmental auditing in both the UK and overseas.  

Since 2000 Richard has increasingly been involved in taxation policy, both as an adviser and campaigner. He is director Tax Research LLP and advises the Tax Justice Network, the Publish What You Pay campaign, Christian Aid, the TUC and many NGOs on tax and development. He also works alternatives to PFI as a means of financing infrastructure development as a director Finance for the Future LLP.

He is a member of the ACCA’s Research Committee and is a research fellow at the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex and at the Tax Research Institute at the University of Nottingham.

A regular radio and TV commentator on tax and corporate accountability, he has also addressed UN, EU, HM Revenue & Customs  and international diplomatic meetings on these issues.

Richard writes a daily blog which provides regular news on his activities and opinions.