I write this blog for one reason when it comes down to it: because I want to change the well being of ordinary people in
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As the FT (and, I suspect, all other UK papers) have noted this morning: On Wednesday the UK’s Liberal Democrats and Conservatives said they would hand back
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An odd dispute has broken out between the Local Government Association and HMRC on who is the better tax collector; central, or local government.  The
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Simon Jenkins is an annoying writer. On occasion his opinion is close to loathsome; on others so accurate that he can easily justify his position
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As the FT has noted, following reports in Tax Analysts: A growing number of US companies are set to save hundreds of millions of dollars
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I have long argued, as have others, that tax avoidance is a supply driven market. Without the activities of what Prem Sikka calls the pinstripe
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John Harris has a fascinating analysis of what’s wrong with Labour in the Guardian this morning: I recommend it. I think that the piece includes
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I have for a long time, along with Ronen Palan, John Christensen, Nick Shaxson and others, argued that tax haven activity is in part about
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Deloitte have become one of the most outspoken opponents of tax reform. They don’t want change to the permanent establishment rules. They’re implacably opposed to country-by-country
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