This thread from Nicholas Watt, just published on Twitter, is fascinating: Let me do a little speculating. I suspect that the Manchester team entered into
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The Public Accounts Committee do not believe HMRC’s tax gap data, as I’ve been saying for years
The Public Accounts Committee has published a report this morning on HM Revenue & Customs’ approach to estimating the U.K. tax gap. It is pretty
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The tax gap: why HMRC has always seriously underestimated it
The Public Accounts Committee has published a new report on HM Revenue and Custom’s tax gap estimates this morning. As I will note in a
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Why do we put up with limited liability, and how should we manage its consequences?
One of the issues I discussed in the question and answer session after the debate I took part in last night at the Tax Coop
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Lawyers understand that this country is corrupt. So do medics. It’s time other professions did as well.
I have mentioned corruption this morning. If you are interested in the video linked in this piece from the International Bar Association is well worth
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I can accuse the government of being corrupt without fear now, because the evidence supports my case. And that’s profoundly worrying.
I did some tweets on the theme of corruption over the weekend: I was not alone. This is a powerful thread. I do not know
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The government is expecting one in three companies in the UK to fail
The National Audit Office has issued a stark report this morning. It refers to risks within the loan schemes made available to businesses with government
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‘Competition’ is killing us
In this episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast: How a competition lawyer’s eyes were opened to the dangers of letting companies get
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The government’s planned law reforms will not deliver the transparency fair markets need
I mentioned yesterday the new requirements that I thought were necessary to ensure that the UK has a functioning company regulator to address many issues,
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