This article by me was published in the Lebanese publication Al Akhbar this weekend. This version is translated back into English: Moody’s downgraded Lebanon’s debt
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Is the subsidy to self employment worth it?
This comes from: Business owners earning £40k pay £4,500 less tax than employees, figures show. With the 31 January self assessment deadline looming, a campaign
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The demise of the Conservative Party
Matthew d’Ancona has an article worth reading in the Guardian. As a former Spectator editor he is naturally a right winger. And as he puts
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Tax, cars, Dyson and Singapore
To continue the Singapore-on-Thames theme of the last few days, the Guardian had an article yesterday that, it transpired, was pretty much dominated by my
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The Sunday Times tax list
The Sunday Times has published a top UK taxpayers list today. I have a simple question for them. How do they know? My suggestion is
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My hope is that only England will pay the price of Brexit
I confess Mark Francois was unknown by me until recently. His recent displays as a Tory MP and member of the hard-Brexit brigade have left
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Corporate Accountability Network
For the sake of full disclosure I should note that I have formed a new company limited by guarantee called Corporate Accountability Network Limited. It was
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The audit profession is somnolent right now: the coffee’s not even on the menu to be smelt
Accountancy Age has reported that: While the struggle around audit quality in the Big Four accounting firms continues on, EY have created a new Independent
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Brexit and Singapore-on-Thames
I repost this from the Tax Justice Network website, with permission. I should note that not for the first time in life, I agree with
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