As the Guardian reports this morning: The number of criminal prosecutions for tax evasion more than doubled in the UK during the last tax year,
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From Vodafone to HMRC is just one small step
As Computing has reported: Mark Dearnley, CIO at Vodafone, is to become HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) new chief digital and information officer. So Vodafone, who
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Putting the true owners of companies on record – a key goal of the UK Transparency Bill
The UK Corporate and Individual Tax and Financial Transparency Bill – promoted by Michael Meacher MP and which I drafted on his behalf – has a
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Hartnett’s Swiss deal falls apart – as predicted
As the Mail reports this morning: George Osborne’s plan to raise billions from a tax raid on secret Swiss bank accounts has been cast into
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What sort of justice system is it in Scotland that the government can’t afford to use it?
There is a fascinating, and worrying, article in The Scotsman this morning, saying: The taxman has denied that there has been a change in its
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This is a circle that can’t be squared
According to the Guardian: HM Revenue and Customs’s resource budget will be cut by 5%, but extra resources will be provided to tackle tax evasion.
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That £3.2 billion form Switzerland looks like banking on dodgy money – or false accounting
I mentioned in my last blog the claim by the Treasury that £3.2 billion has been received from Switzerland – which is being much trumpeted in the
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Has the UK really got £3.2 billion from the Swiss tax evasion deal? Or is the Treasury just making up the numbers, again?
There’s a fascinating article on the Tax Justice Network blog today, which says: There’s been a fair bit of news about a supposed £3.2 billion windfall for the
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HMRC are trying to pull a fast one on tax evasion
The FT has reported this morning that: Cases of serious tax evasion in the UK have hit their lowest level in the past five years
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