Google’s tax remains subject to much comment, thanks to Jesse Drucker who has taken the work I did on this issue so much further. This
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Google does a “double Irish”
Jesse Drucker at Bloomberg is fast developing a reputation as one of the best tax journalists in the world. He has just published an investigation
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Time to reform US tax – not give amnesties
There is an absurd paradox in US tax. It wisely taxes its citizens on their world wide income without consideration of whether they are resident
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TUC says it’s time to change the UK’s residence and domicile rules
As if one new TUC tax report is not enough for a day, over the weekend the TUC issued a second report by me, this
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Why should we have a regressive corporate tax system in the UK?
My report on corporate tax, published by the TUC this morning, highlights the continuing fall in the average rate of corporation tax paid by the
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The £19 billion tax subsidy for banks
The report I have written for the TUC on the corporate tax gap, published today, highlights three key issues. The first, and the headline maker
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Banks: double subsidised when the rest of us must feel the pain
As the TUC and many papers report this morning: Despite being rescued by taxpayers during the crash, UK banks will avoid paying £19 billion of
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Accountants have not got legal privilege to tax avoid
AccountingWEB has reported: The Court of Appeal quashed accountants’ hopes of being granted legal privilege for their tax advice in a decision in the Prudential
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Private equity businesses really do tax avoid
A Harvard Business School report lat year noted: This study investigates whether private equity (PE) firms influence the tax practices of their portfolio firms. Prior
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