HMRC has published a map of where they have prosecuted people for tax offences. It’s interesting. This is one extract: Have they forgotten most of
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1,046,398 to one
There were 1,046,398 sanctions, or financial penalties, imposed on Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants in 2013. Five years after HMRC got the HSBC data there has been one
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Is it HMRC’s job to help tax evaders?
Yesterday’s PAC exchanges were not the best. And they did not always hit their mark. And yet some fascinating insights came out. For me one
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For he’s a jolly good fellow
If we want to solve HSBC we have to start at home
I have an article on HSBC on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site this afternoon. I frame the problem like this: The HSBC story is
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200,000 people were prosecuted for not having a TV licence last year but HMRC won’t prosecute Swiss tax cheats
Last year more than 200,000 people were prosecuted for not having a TV licence. More than fifty – many of them women – went to
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HMRC missing the point on tax crime, again
HMRC has issued a press release as a result of this morning’s revelations on HSBC. As an exercise in missing the point it’s a classic. They
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Why isn’t prosecuting tax cheats in the public interest in HMRC’s opinion?
This statement was published in March 2012 by HMRC is support of the appalling UK – Switzerland tax treaty negotiated by the current government under the
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The National Audit Office prove why we need an Office for Tax Responsibility
The National Audit Office issued a report on the work of HM Revenue & Customs yesterday. I am sure it was not their intention to do
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