From the Times editorial today: It is an oddity of the system that Jersey, a Crown Dependency, not only serves as a tax haven but provides
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It’s a very small minded minister who blames a civil service for their political mistake
Mark Serwotka got it spot on when speaking to the Guardian yesterday, who report: Blaming civil servants for the west coast rail fiasco is “deplorable”
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Why does the government tolerate tax avoiders in its ranks?
Parliament’s Public Affairs Committee (easily the most effective committee ion the House of Commons right now) has a new report out this morning on Off-payroll arrangements in the
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Annihilation for the Taxpayers’ Alliance
I have noted I had quite a good evening at the Association of International Accountants’ Founders’ Lecture tonight. In contrast John O’Connell of the Taxpayers’ Alliance did
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An award – for an outstanding contribution to the accountancy profession
When I mentioned earlier this week that I had been nominated for an accounting award I have to admit I did not think there was
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Unicorns, Higgs Bosons, and the state of macroeconomics
Can I warmly endorse a blog post under the above title, to be found here? Anyone who can say this gets my vote: I was
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Spanish companies say “we won’t pay, no way” as they move to tax havens
AdvisorOne website (a new one on me) has reported that: A combination of small-business failures and the move of large corporations toward countries considered tax
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Do millionaires move because of tax? The evidence from the US is that they don’t
California is looking to increase its taxes on the richest in that state. And as a result all the usual mischief about the rich heading
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When are the new tax gap figures coming out HMRC?
HMRC has published tax gap figures in September for the last three years. There’s been no sign of them as yet this year. Could that
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