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
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?
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
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
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
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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There’s only one explanation for the CBI tax offensive – and it’s that they’re losing the argument to the Tax Justice Network
From the Observer today, in its business editorial: John Cridland, the CBI’s nerdy director general, is hardly the man for a punch-up. But in a
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CBI tax misinformation – the amount of tax paid by companies over time is not falling
It’s time to look at yet another piece of gross misinformation provided by the CBI when launching its new tax report ‘Tax and British Business – Making the Case’
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Why it’s fair to talk about David Cameron’s father’s tax affairs
There has, apparently, been some disquiet about the Guardian attacking David Cameron’s late father’s tax arrangements, which were reported in the Guardian yesterday. The New Statesman did,
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