I explored three options the Tories might use on the 50p tax rate yesterday. Then it was whispered to me that there is another –
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The 50p tax rate – weighing up the options
The Lib Dems are obviously very sure that the 50p tax rate is going in the budget. I have already explained the substantial cost that will be suffered
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The Channel Islands lose another tax case – their VAT abuse has been outlawed for good
As the Telegraph reports: The Channel Islands have lost their judicial review against the end of Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR). The hearing lasted three
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Could the Treasury be falsifying the data on the 50p tax rate? It certainly looks possible
I have been musing on how and why H M Revenue & Customs might suggest that the 50p tax rate does not work and has only raised a
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Serco, Virgin and the privatisation of children’s services: the progress of the Cowardly State
Today we’ve learned that a private company – either Serco or Virgin – is likely to take over the supply of children’s services in Devon. This is a situation I foresaw,
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The #NHS: the end is almost nigh, with Virgin and Serco administering the last rites
The Guardian’s reported: Core children’s health services in Devon may be about to be privatised in a move that critics have warned is a foretaste of the breaking
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The reality is private business is built on the foundations of the state – and it’s time we admitted it
Fascinating comment in the Guardian this morning: Willie Walsh, the British Airways chief executive, will launch an excoriating attack on the government on Thursday for the absence
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And yet more evidence of the OECD’s failure to stop tax abuse
The OECD’s Insight Blog has published a discussion between Christian Chavagneux (co-author of Tax Havens: How Globalisation Really Works) and the OECD’s Pascal Saint-Amans. The latter claims success
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The OECD – failing to make progress on tax abuse
A decade ago it would have been hard to imagine a dispute between the OECD and Tax Justice Network getting headlines in the tax world. For
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