The USA blew apart world attempts to find a basis for taxing digital companies last night. The FT had the story here. I’d scheduled this
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People would rather shop with or work for a business that can prove it’s paying its fair share of tax
The Fair Tax Mark has just issued this press release: The new ‘Lockdown mindset:’ More Brits call for greater accountability for businesses on tax avoidance
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Who will the Tories turn on this time?
I was going to write about the importance of Marcus Rashord’s work, and his success in overturning the government position on meals for vulnerable children
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Inflation is not the issue we need to worry about: deflation
As the Guardian has reported: Official figures showed the annual growth rate in consumer prices slowed to 0.5% in May as oil prices tumbled, the
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The government’s not telling the truth about its funding right now, when the simple fact is that QE is paying for everything
As the FT notes this morning: The Bank of England is expected to increase its asset purchase programme by at least £100bn on Thursday in
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Johnson’s plan to get rid of DfID is great news for tax havens
Although I have not done so for some time now, my work on tax justice in the first decade of that campaign’s existence pretty much
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When a lack of undertsanding of how government is funded is used as an excuse for imposing hunger on millions of children
There are moments when a lack of understanding of how the government is financed is used as an excuse for supporting the oppression of vulnerable
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Covid 19 would not have sunk an independent Scotland
The following is a guest post from Dr Tim Rideout, who many will know for his work on Scottish currency issues: There is a Fact
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Creating a race to the top in global tax governance: the political case for tax spillover assessments
I have a new academic journal paper out with Prof Andrew Baker of the University of Sheffield: The Abstract says: ‘Reglobalization’ requires global governance mechanisms
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