The International Tax Review has reported on a conference at Oxford last week, saying: Of course, Oxford could also have heard from me on the
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Local authorities paying their staff through companies suggest the time for reform of contracting has arrived
As the BBC reports this morning: Almost 100 permanent posts at local councils are being filled by people paid through limited companies, the BBC has
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The Channel Islands’ VAT abuse – the ongoing saga
So much is going on I am having problems covering it all. So let me just point at this important Guardian story on the ongoing saga of the Channel Islands, vat
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How bent is the UK’s tax profession?
There’s a piece in Accountancy Age, published on Friday, that says: Most advisors would support a general tax amnesty, which they would communicate with many
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Ken Livingstone’s tax, and what needs to be done about small company taxation.
Some have suggested I should not have commented on Ken Livingstone’s tax affairs over the last couple of weeks. I reflected carefully before doing so,
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Bring on Bonds to liberate local economies
In 2003 Colin Hines, Alan Simpson (then an MP) and I wrote a paper called ‘People’s Pensions’. In it we called for the issue of
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What is Land Value Taxation?
People are asking what land value taxation is, which given the attention it’s getting is a fair thing to do. One explanation is here. I
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Ipswich – Wednesday – The Red Book and The Courageous State
I’m speaking on Wednesday evening at Labour Left’s Red Book Event in Ipswich. The event is at 7.30pm at the Unite Building, Grimwade St., Ipswich. David Hough and Dan Young are
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In praise of The Green Benches
I’ve just realised that Eoin Clarke’s Left Labour blog The Green Benches is now number one political blog in the UK. It’s an astonishing achievement by Eoin
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