2012 November 22

Concerned Africa Scholars: the benefits of country-by-country reporting

Posted on November 22 2012

I’m overdue to give a plug for this: On page 42 you’ll find an article from me on the benefits of country-by-country reporting.

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Channel 4 FactCheck provides the evidence that Cameron’s claims on tackling tax avoidance are just a work of fiction

Posted on November 22 2012

I liked this, from the Channel 4 Factcheck website: The analysis is based on Cameron’s claim that the government were reinvesting £900 million in HMRC
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Average cost of local authority benefit fraud per case, £2,166. Average cost of tax avoidance, per case, £248,780

Posted on November 22 2012

I thought the astonishing average £248,780 cost of each tax avoidance case identified as outstanding at H M Revenue & Customs by the National Audit Office should be benchmarked for
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HMRC’s failure: tax avoidance is increasing year by year

Posted on November 22 2012

HMRC has said for the last few years that closing the tax gap is its number one objective. I think that appropriate. The tax gap is
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Every one of the 41,000 tax avoiders identified by the National Audit Office is costing the country £248,780

Posted on November 22 2012

The National Audit Office published the following key facts in its report on H M Revenue & Customs’s management of marketed tax avoidance schemes: I hate to say
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The NAO verdict is that HMRC is in denial about tax avoidance

Posted on November 22 2012

I was out and about yesterday and so had little time to read or comment upon the National Audit Office (NAO) report on HMRC and marketed tax avoidance schemes.
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