My friends at PCS were in action last night – illuminating Tory Party HQ: They know there’s a choice: they could tackle the tax gap.
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Vote for the Tax Justice Network to win the European Podcast Award!
The Taxcast, the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast has been nominated for the European Podcast Award. With your vote we can make it as European
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Tory MPs promoting the virtues of theft and tax cheating
I was reading ‘Britannia Unchained’ – the right wing Tory ‘shadow manifesto’ but five of the 2010 Tory MP intake over the weekend. I hated parting
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We should strive against ‘flexible employment’: it is antithetical to being one nation.
John Hully, who writes the Putney Debates blog, wrote an excellent article in response to last week’s debate on personal service companies. He has personal experience of
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Oh dear, the head of tax at the ACCA can’t calculate a tax bill
Chas Roy-Chowdhury, the head of tax at the ACCA is an old sparring partner of mine. The fact that he thinks I’m a far left
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If I were Chancellor for a day
Actually, this bog isn’t about what I’d do if I was Chancellor for a day. This was the theme that the Taxpayers’ Alliance and Joe Stead of
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The problem with tax avoidance is not the BBC, but that the government will not tackle the issue
I had an article on Comment is Free this afternoon, talking about the fuss made about the BBC paying contract staff without iperating PAYE. For the record,
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Has the era of local authority bonds returned? If so – good news
Public Finance reported this week: A group of councils are considering the first major local government bond issue since the 1980s as part of proposals
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The Times realises tax avoidance costs vastly more than HMRC says it does. Why do ministers deny it?
The Times has said today: H M Revenue & Customs believes that personal tax avoidance costs the economy $4.5 billion a year. The exposure of the Liberty tax scheme suggests this
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