Private Eye has scored another extraordinary scoop following all the commotion in Britain (and other countries) about corporations like Starbucks, Google and Amazon using tax
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Who leaked on the HSBC Jersey list that’s been supplied to HMRC?
I note in the Telegraph story about HSBC in Jersey that it is said: The Telegraph has established from public records that HSBC has opened
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One one point we were all agreed at the ICAEW last night – we need more tax inspectors
There was a point of clear unanimity at the ICAEW New Era meeting last night (well, all bar David Gauke, I guess it’s fair to
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HMRC want plaudits for collecting a tiny amount of the tax due by multinationals? I don’t think so
I can only presume that Lin Homer, new boss of HMRC, thinks we all have remarkably short memories. She told the Treasury Select Committee this
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What will happen when sometime soon when a large number of our most able tax inspectors will have retired?
As the Telegraph reports: Around one third of staff at HMRC’s enforcement and compliance division will be eligible for retirement in the next five years, figures in
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HMRC says “don’t blame us for tax avoidance by multinationals: we’re only playing by the rules”
HMRC, by some strange coincidence, published a briefing last week called ‘Taxing the profits of multinational businesses’. There’s a copy here. It’s truly appalling. This is the best they
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Why can’t HMRC have binding arbitration agreements with other public bodies to save time and money?
I enjoyed my visit to RSM Tenon this morning. We had a good debate. Discussion was lively. Not everyone agreed with me – of course.
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The problem with tax avoidance is not the BBC, but that the government will not tackle the issue
I had an article on Comment is Free this afternoon, talking about the fuss made about the BBC paying contract staff without iperating PAYE. For the record,
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The Times realises tax avoidance costs vastly more than HMRC says it does. Why do ministers deny it?
The Times has said today: H M Revenue & Customs believes that personal tax avoidance costs the economy $4.5 billion a year. The exposure of the Liberty tax scheme suggests this
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