This was tweeted last night: It looks like a disaster for Labour, because it is. But reflect for just a moment and what’s obvious is
Read the full article…
It may be legally possible for Scotland to stay in the Customs Union, and even the Single Market
I was asked by a Scottish journalist yesterday whether or not Scotland could stay in the EU single market now that England has made clear
Read the full article…
Scottish income tax is an admin disaster waiting to unfold
The National Audit Office reported on the problems of implementing a Scottish income tax yesterday, saying: The key challenge to HMRC’s delivery of the Scottish
Read the full article…
Scotland’s wee steps towards tax sovereignty
The FT has reported the SNP Scottish government’s first, rather tentative, steps towards income tax independence from the rest of the UK. The move is
Read the full article…
Edinburgh tomorrow
I am going to be speaking at this event tomorrow: ‘CREATING A JUST SCOTLAND Transforming our land and taxation policies’ Saturday, 29th October, 10.00 am to
Read the full article…
Edinburgh – October 29th – Creating a Just Scotland
I am going to be speaking at this event: ‘CREATING A JUST SCOTLAND Transforming our land and taxation policies’ Saturday, 29th October, 10.00 am to
Read the full article…
Tax, devolution and the chance that this will end in tears
I addressed a group of parliamentary researchers who were meeting at the National Assembly in Cardiff yesterday. Drawn from all of the UK’s parliaments and
Read the full article…
Why is the UK so intent on giving North Sea oil revenues away?
New analysis of the UK’s North Sea oil and gas suggests that the combination of tax giveaways by the government, and aggressive avoidance by multinationals,
Read the full article…
Time to get rid of the Scottish Limited Partnership
Oxfam has been making some appropriate noise over the last few days on the international tax abuses that are being hidden from view behind Scottish
Read the full article…

Buy me a coffee!
