2017 April 07

As HMRC works to Make Tax Digital their message to some taxpayers is ‘please send in paper tax returns’

Posted on April 7 2017

As the FT reports this morning Software glitches are putting thousands of people at risk of paying hundreds of pounds too much tax next year,
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Scotland really does need its own VAT and tax data if GERS is to be meaningful

Posted on April 7 2017

The FT featured an article on Thursday that I thought relevant to my recent debate on the quality of Scottish economic data. The Telegraph then
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The £2 billion (and rising) cost of HMRC’s failure to police our ports

Posted on April 7 2017

Comments from me were included in a report on HMRC’s failure to collect customs duties owing at UK ports on Radio 4 on Wednesday night.
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Brighton – Rapid Transitions – 24 April

Posted on April 7 2017

I’m speaking at an afternoon session at this event:

The economy isn’t Scotland’s problem – it’s everyone but London’s problem

Posted on April 7 2017

Robin McAlpine, who directs an organisation called Common Weal in Scotland, wrote a great blog for them yesterday under the above title. What he quite effectively
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