This is what the National Audit Office had to say on the cost 0f tax reliefs, yesterday: “HM Treasury and HMRC do not keep track
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What people think of corporate power
This data comes from an opinion poll run by the High Pay Centre earlier this year now published in a new report that includes an
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A tax avoidance penalty regime that would make Amazon sit up and take notice
That’s a great title. And this is a day when I am relying on blogging by friends. David Quentin is the real author of the blog
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‘Taxing across Borders’: An academic milestone
I wrote recently of the problem many have faced in estimating the losses arising from illicit financial flows through tax havens. As a result I
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Tiger Global proves exactly why we need registers of beneficial ownership for all companies around the world
The FT has just reported that: A $15bn New York investment company has used anonymous offshore companies to profit from some of the largest short-selling
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Russell Brand on Irish water and trickle down
Russell Brand has this one, on the Irish water tax, absolutely right. I’m not sure who briefed him, but he is spot on (and he
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Make pension funds work for the UK
The FT ran a story a day or so ago with the headline: PM accused of overlooking potential UK pension fund investment To give a
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Citizenship as a moral ideal
As far as I know I have never met Dr Simon Duffy, the Director of The Centre for Welfare Reform. I have a feeling I
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HMRC’s sinking performance
HMRC has sacked thousands of its staff in the last year. All of them did invaluable work collecting the tax that might prevent austerity, preserve
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