I wrote yesterday about the attack by the Institute of Economic Affairs on Oxfam suggesting that the claim that Oxfam were avoiding tax in two
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A message to HMRC: make paying tax possible
Having arrived back from Washington overnight I am now heading, a little bleary eyed, to Brighton to speak at the PCS Union conference. PCs does,
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The UK’s top financial regulator has no idea how much money laundering there is in the UK
The Guardian reported today that: Tracey McDermott, acting chief executive of the FCA, [appearing before the Treasury Select Committee] … was … asked about the scale
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HMRC to turn a blind eye to inheritance tax abuse
As the Guardian reports this morning: Proposals by the UK government to stop collecting information showing how the wealthy pass on their assets from one
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Online VAT fraud goes unpunished
The following press release was issued by Labour Front Bench Treasury spokesperson Rob Marris MP, working in association with long term anti-VAT fraud campaigner Richard
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How many HMRC tax investigators does it take to change a light bulb ?
Q : How many HMRC tax investigators does it take to change a light bulb? A : Sorry that information is subject to taxpayer confidentiality
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The Public Accounts Committee is deeply unimpressed by HMRC’s performance on tax abuse
The following press release from the Public Accounts Committee seems to be worth sharing in full because it reflects a great deal of what I
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Can a government committed to closing all but 14 of the UK’s tax offices be serious about tackling tax abuse?
One of the regular commentators on this blog who does, I believe, work for HMRC made this comment last night: And then there is the
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If the government is serious about collecting tax it needs people at HMRC who believe in tax
I have to admit that I have form with Ed Troup, the executive chair of HMRC. As the Guardian has noted this morning, it was
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