I am finally back in the UK with time to notice the budget. And one of the most notable things about it was Philip Hammond’s
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How to tax digital companies
I have been asked overnight and this morning how I would tax digital companies. My answer is that I would apply to the what I
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How to fix the tax system – a Progressive Economy Forum podcast by me
The Progressive Economy Forum issued a number of podcasts to coincide with the budget yesterday. This one from me on reform of the tax system
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No budget is likely to be so wrong
I was asked for comment by quite a lot of organisation on yesterday’s budget. Knowing that I would not actually be watching it I wrote
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It looks like Jersey is failing an EU imposed tax test, yet again
As I outlined last December, the European Union’s decision to put Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man on what was, in effect, their tax
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Paul Volcker and the courageous state
I doubted I would ever find much common ground with Paul Volcker, the perennial US economic adviser who I always associate with the influence of
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Budget day blues
Today is, of course, budget day. Rumour has it that it was moved from Wednesday to stop ghoulish jokes about Philip Hammond. And of course, if he
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If only I was reasonable
I have lost count of the number of times over the last twelve years that I have been told that if only I was more
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HMRC’s office closure programme is about to be revealed as the disaster it’s always been
The Harwich and Manningtree Standard is not a usual source here, but a news report it covered seems highly pertinent in the light of the
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