As I noted earlier today HMRC published their tax gap data for 2020 this morning. I have been distracted all day by other demands, but
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HM Revenue & Customs is moving in the right direction on tax evasion – so why won’t it collect all the data it needs to clamp down on abuse?
I had not noted a new consultation started by HM Revenue & Customs on 31 July, but which is definitely worth commenting on. The consultation
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HM Revenue & Customs is not fit for purpose
This comes from my paper on a future tax system for Scotland, but since it explains why HM Revenue & Customs does not provide a
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The Tories are undermining our tax system to further their aim of undermining the state
The Tories have some very strange relationships with tax given that it is tax that permits their exercise of power, which is much of what
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We live in a lawless, fraudulent country managed by a government intent on providing opportunity for corruption
Data recently published by the UK wide Companies House shows that more than 800,000 companies were created in the year to 31 March 2021. That
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UK company law and tax enforcement is so bad it’s almost as if the government wanted to encourage tax abuse
The Guardian ran an excellent article yesterday on the likely tax abuse inherent in the outsourced Covid track and trace contracts. As they recounted: Many
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HMRC plans to provide a personalised service to offshore tax cheats to avoid having to name them as the criminals that they are
The FT has an article today in which they note that: Tax advisers said HM Revenue & Customs had made a “refreshing shift” away from
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The tax gap is huge, and we would have a fairer tax system and collect more tax if we resourced HMRC properly to address this issue
I was amused to note this on Fox Business news in the USA: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that if the IRS were funded
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Getting tax on consulting right is about working out how to tax what actually happens – which no existing solution can deliver
It would seem that The Times is being used by HM Treasury on a quite regular basis now for kite flying tax reforms. The latest
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