The FT reports in an email this morning that: A whistleblower who helped expose false accounting at Deutsche Bank has turned down a multimillion-dollar award
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What are the lessons for HMRC from the DVLA tax disc debacle?
The FT has reported this morning that: The decision to scrap paper tax discs from British cars cost the government more than £400m in its
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Why is HMRC so lax when it comes to self employment in the gig economy?
I posted some comments on HMRC’s lax attitude towards self employment in the so-called gig economy on Twitter a couple of days ago. This was
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At last the government is taking action to stop accountants and lawyers selling tax abuse
It is rare that I unambiguously welcome a government press release, but presuming that this one means what it says, I do: Accountants, tax planners
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HMRC back down on plan to stop publishing wealth statistics
I took part in the HMRC consultation on its plan to cease publication of wealth statistics. As a result I was pleased to get this
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HMRC’s failings start at the top and that’s where change is needed
I have campaigned for more resources for HMRC for many years. My argument is in essence very simple. It makes no sense at all when
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Why has it taken the work of one tax campaigner to stop on line VAT abuse?
The Guardian has reported that: Amazon is quietly rooting out many of its Chinese traders who do not hold UK VAT numbers to try to
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The APPG on Responsible Tax needs to get its term of reference on HMRC right
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Responsible Taxation recently submitted a draft call for evidence for an inquiry into the operations of HMRC. It was
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Unless the new boss at HMRC acknowledges the real mess it’s in he’s wasting his time
I am worried about the new chief executive of HMRC. Jon Thompson, who like his predecessor, has no knowledge of tax having spent the last
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