2012 April 23

Should tax be more taxing – at the RSA, London, Thursday lunchtime

Posted on April 23 2012

From the Royal Society for the Arts website: RSA Thursday Book Online George Osborne’s avowed ‘shock’ at the state of tax avoidance in the UK has
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HMRC are getting tough on the charity rhetoric

Posted on April 23 2012

The Telegraph quoted HMRC on the charity issue over the weekend, saying: A source at HM Revenue & Customs says: “It is perfectly legal [but] people are,
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Cameron obfuscates on tax avoidance

Posted on April 23 2012

Listen here to the BBC’s John Humphry’s challenging David Cameron on tax avoidance. In his defence was putting money into pension funds was acceptable. But
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If the Tories find tax avoidance ‘morally repugnant’ why were they the biggest party in the EU Parliament to reject measures designed to tackle it last week?

Posted on April 23 2012

I’ve just looked at the voting on last week’s motion in the European Parliament on the motion on measures designed to tackle tax avoidance and evasion throughout Europe. The
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CBI tax misinformation – effective tax rates include the deferred tax charge

Posted on April 23 2012

The CBI’s report on tax – ‘Tax and British business: Making the case’ – is a gift that just keeps giving. Look at this table, included
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Economic warfare and Switzerland

Posted on April 23 2012

According to Reuters: Attacks on Switzerland as a tax haven constitute an “economic war” by rivals who want to hurt the country’s big banks and
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CBI tax misinformation – the tax gap is nothing like as big as HMRC say

Posted on April 23 2012

The gross misstatements by the CBI in its presentations, reports and speeches on tax last week just keep coming. Take this claim by John Cridland:
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