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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On being liked
I was amused to note, in the context of many of the comments I’ve received on this blog and on twitter in the last twenty
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Politics is all about fighting corporate power
This morning’s Guardian’s editorial on the independence debate includes an interesting comment of universal concern: The reality for modern nation states is that they all
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Scotland has a General Anti-Avoidance Rule
One aspect of the passing of the Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act by the Scottish parliament last week was that Scotland has something to
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Offshore is designed as an assault on democracy: that’s why addressing offshore abuse demands serious action
When writing about the reasons why offshore tax abuse should be made a strict liability offence in UK law last week I what is, perhaps,
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HMRC to ‘celebrate’ its failures in service at Westminster Abbey
HMRC’s senior management have done some quite bizarre things over they years since it was created to the point that I presumed that there was
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