I was interested in this in an article by Own Jones this morning in the Guardian, promoting his new book, The Establishment*: “I have heard
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Believing that the self interest of tax professionals will save the US corporation tax is not a basis for hope
Martin Wolf had this to say in the FT this morning: Limited-liability, privately owned joint-stock companies are the core institutions of modern capitalism. These entities are
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HMRC’s tax yield in 2013/14 was worse than 2012/13
I have already mentioned the political furore slowly developing over HMRC’s bogus claims of compliance tax yield this morning, but I also think it important
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Now we know why HMRC need a service at Westminster Abbey: they’ll be asking for their sins to be forgiven
The Independent has made a bit of a splash this morning on the fact that George Osborne has mislead parliament on the amount of tax
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It’s not too late for a break
August is not yet over, and I need a break. Not from blogging, of course. Asking me to do that is a bit like asking me
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There are two flames burning
I offered a quotation from one famous politician on being liked yesterday. It was negatively cast. So let’s have a positive alternative: “..You see there
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