Jolyon Maugham has posted the following on his blog today under the heading ‘Something is very wrong at HMRC’. I repost it with his permission,
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The overthrow of unjust wealth is possible
The Guardian reported the emergence of a new ‘gilded age’ yesterday as the concentration of the world’s wealth in the hands of a relatively few
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I would love the Uk to have reliable tax gap data, but right now that still looks like an aspiration and not a reality
It has not taken me long to have my usual doubts about HMRC’s latest annual report on the tax gap. This is their summary of
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The EU Competition Commissioner’s welcome move against UK government tax abuse
It is widely expected that the EU’s Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, will announce an enquiry into UK taxation rules introduced by George Osborne in 2013
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HMRC’s new tax gap data: too predictable to be reliable?
HMRC has literally just published its 2017 tax gap estimate. And, as I predicted to many, the answer is, as it has almost invariably been,
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Tax strategy reporting amongst the FTSE 50 – Slow to emerge, poorly executed, but a few examples of excellence
The Fair Tax Mark has issued a new report on the tax strategy reporting of the largest 50 companies in the FTSE 100. As it
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These are desperate times for the Conservative Party
These are, as we know, desperate times for the Conservative Party. The evidence is now clear that they must be. According to Politics Home Theresa
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Reforming the multi-billion dollar accounting and finance education industry
I am pleased to share the following post from my friend Professor Atul K. Shah who reflects on the implications of his latest path-breaking book: There
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What to do about the tax gap
It so happens that the day before the new UK tax gap data was published by HMRC my suggestions on how this issue might be
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