Osborne is threatening to break up banks if they don’t follow his rules on ring-fencing when he finally gets to introduce them in 2017, 2018, 2019
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From the Observer’s editorial this morning: An awareness is growing across the political spectrum, and on both sides of the Atlantic, that a radical recalibration
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This blog has been over-due for a makeover for a while but for a number of reasons I delayed action. One reason was that I
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To celebrate the Tax Justice Network’s tenth anniversary next month, it’s published a second edition of its very first publication, tax us if you can, which you
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The government appears to know that charities can be abused for tax purposes, as I have suggested is possible this morning. I know that because last July in their GAAR consultation
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Last year there was much furore over George Osborne’s attempt to cap tax relief on giving to charity. It was claimed that tax relief on charitable giving could not
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The Independent has opened a new angle on tax avoidance, this time concentrating on the role of online bookmakers and the costs they impose on the UK Exchequer, reporting today:
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I guess I should mention I was on the One Show last night talking tax avoidance and the Big 4. You can watch again here,
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I have to wonder how long it will be before David Cameron’s tax policy falls apart all around him. This is the man who has declared of large companies
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