As the Public Accounts Committee has noted this morning: The Government knows too little about the tax reliefs it provides: whether they work, or offer
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It’s easy to forget that the day job of Winston Smith in 1984 was rewriting history. As Orwell said: Who controls the past controls the future.
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From me on Twitter this morning:

Jim Harra, permanent secretary and so CEO of HM Revenue & Customs has objected to two of Sunak’s announcements this week. As the BBC report:
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HMRC published its tax gap data for 2018/19 yesterday. I have long criticised this annual debacle which has always published a number between £29bn and £38bn
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In his Ditchley lecture on the future of the role of government yesterday Michael Gove said: He added: Before saying: And this from a man
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has an article of note this morning. They report that: A new survey published by the
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As the FT reported last night: Online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay face being forced to collect value added tax on UK sales made
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I am not sure I can add much to this tweet: This tax treatment of wealthy non-doms – below – is in sharp contrast to
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