It’s extraordinary to note that on the day before the government supposedly announces a big crack down on tax avoidance by the wealthy in the UK it has today
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Felicity Lawrence has written a Guardian article under the above title. Please read it. It focuses on what for me is one of the big issues of
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I’ve already explained that the general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) that George Osborne will announce to0morrow will be no such thing, so it’s best to explain why.
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I suspect that this is well sourced. Its by Patrick Wintour in the Guardian: An initial cut in the top rate of income tax for those earning
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It’s being widely trailed that the budget will include endorsement of Graham Aaranson’s so called general anti-avoidance rule tomorrow. So let’s be clear, Aaranson did not
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The Commons will pass the Health and Social Care Bill today. It is therefore appropriate to note that as from tomorrow the NHS is just
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I received the following, somewhat amusing email from my local MP, the far-right Tory Liz Truss, today. I reproduce it as I got it: Good
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The UK government now has just about the lowest rate of interest on its borrowing that it has ever enjoyed – in least in the
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More ink has beene expended on the 50p tax rate in advance of this budget than anything else. Now suppose Osborne really is playing a
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