2013 January 17

There is one tax inspector for every £198 million of income amongst the UK’s top earners. No wonder tax avoiders are winning

Posted on January 17 2013

The FT has reported: Hundreds of thousands more wealthy individuals will appear on HM Revenue & Customs’ radar after it doubled its team for tackling
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The time to end tax haven secrecy is now

Posted on January 17 2013

The Guardian has reported this morning that: Britain’s most successful serial confidence trickster, Achilleas Kallakis, faces up to 10 years in jail after being found
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The Accountancy Age tax avoidance debate: whether you favour tax avoidance is down to your view of the world

Posted on January 17 2013

My closing comments in the Accountancy Age tax avoidance debate, which has been taking place this week, have just been posted. I said: Where did
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The EU – far from perfect – but right now better than the alternatives

Posted on January 17 2013

The EU is far from perfect. It was built on a false premise, which was that freedom of movement for capital would deliver growth. As is very clear that’s
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