As the Guardian and other papers have reported, the CBI has: for the first time admitted that “black box” tax schemes devised with the sole
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I’ve just posted a blog on why we need a real general anti-avoidance principle in UK tax law. There’s a PDF of it here. This is
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Why the UK needs a general anti-avoidance principle (GAntiP) and why  Graham Aaranson’s General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) won’t work Richard Murphy FCA February 2012 Background
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The proposed General Anti-Avoidance Rule, published today and written by Graham Aaronson QC, about which I wrote earlier today, attacks arrangements with one or more of these qualities: (a)    
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Graham Aaronson QC’s report for HM Treasury on the desirability of a General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) for the UK is published this morning, and I
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Dawn Primarolo was the unlikely hero of yesterday’s hearing before the House of Lords. The subject of a GAAR or General Anti-Avoidance Principle as I’d
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The Treasury has announced the creation of a study group to look at a UK general anti-avoidance principle. As it says: Graham Aaronson QC, today
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The FT notes this morning: More than 50,000 high earners in the UK face a crackdown on offshore trusts used to avoid tax on bonuses,
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