I think it worth sharing the following press release from the National Audit Office, issued this morning: Today the National Audit Office (NAO) publishes a
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The rise in self employment may be linked to falling productivity
It is not very hard to find commentary on the UK’s failing productivity: they are commonplace because, as a matter of fact, our national productivity
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HMRC has a lot of explaining to do on its latest tax ‘facts’
HM Revenue & Customs published a ‘factsheet’ on Monday on the supposed success of the ‘Diverted Profits Tax’ (DPT), introduced by George Osborne in 2015
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The loan charge discussion on Radio 2
I was on the Jeremy Vine show, discussing the Loan Charge last week. I have already blogged about this a couple of times, but the
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The Loan Charge: a principles based discussion
A commentator on the blog asked a question in the light of my criticism of HMRC’s management of the loan charge, posted yesterday. Zacchaeus asked:
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HMRC plan to suspend the rule of law in the event of Brexit
The government has tabled the most extraordinary statutory instrument as a result of Brexit. It is called: The Cross-border Trade (Public Notices) (EU Exit) Regulations
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Tax and the Spending Review
I wrote this for one of the organisations I am associated with yesterday with regard to the Spending Review and thought it worth sharing here:
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Non-doms may not be going. They might just be paying tax
The Guardian reported yesterday that: The number of super-rich people who live in the UK but pay no tax on their offshore income has fallen
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Sajid Javid – the fantasist
According to The Evening Standard, London’ evening paper: In a letter to Sir Jon [Thompson, Hmrc’s boss] Mr Javid said: “HMRC must make no deal
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