I had missed Private Eye register of offshore land holdings in the UK. But now I will make amends. This is a fascinating and excellent
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Why HMRC have got the tax gap wrong
I gave evidence to the Treasury Select Committee in February, during the course of which I was asked to clarify what I meant by tax
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George Osborne and the quick buck
Jolyon Maugham has explained how George Osborne is a master at pulling forward tax revenue from a future period into the current one with a
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The FT’s just noticed that not every Swiss bank account was not quite as its managers wanted it to seem
I couldn’t help but notice this opening paragraph to an article: What is the link between the following political scandals? The Petrobras case in Brazil,
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There is only one right capital gains tax rate and that’s the same as income tax
The Guardian reports this morning that: George Osborne’s budget is handing a tax cut averaging £3,000 to some of the wealthiest people in the country
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US companies expect to pay more tax, as we intended
The FT has noted that: A global crackdown on tax avoidance has forced a surge of warnings by multinational companies that higher payments are set
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The spirit of a nation
I chose to sign up to the spirit of this declaration when claiming Irish citizenship. On this day I think it worth sharing: The Irish
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The party political problem
I like being outside the fray of party politics. I wasn’t born with a sufficient capacity for compromise to believe that any political party has
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Has the political mood changed already? Evidence suggests the confidence bubble has burst
I drew attention to the ONS report this morning that suggested that most people thought the UK economy was recovering well – and that this
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