I learned yesterday that a book to which I contributed a chapter has been published. That book was the final output of the Combating Financial
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Can Uber afford its tax and wages bills?
As the BBC has just reported: Ride hailing taxi app firm Uber must classify its drivers as workers rather than self-employed, the UK’s Supreme Court
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Ten reasons why freeports are a bad idea
I was asked yesterday if I might be available to discuss freeports on the media and what my ‘top lines’ would be if I did.
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Why Freeports are a terrible idea
The government is proposing that there should be at least ten new freeports in the UK. These were so useless the last time that they were
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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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Companies House reform is heading in the right direction. Would you like to nudge it along?
In December the government announced a consultation on the future accounts filing arrangements with Companies House. The consultation document is here. Now I know that
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It’s time for the EU to get tough on Jersey and Guernsey
I was pleased to note this report in the Guardian yesterday: The European parliament is pushing for UK overseas territories including the British Virgin Islands,
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Is HMRC finally cracking down on big business tax abuse?
I noted this in the FT this morning, with interest: The UK tax authority has opened multiple criminal investigations after probing whether large companies are
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The UK’s new VAT system on imports has not the slightest chance of working – and keeps honest traders out of the country
The Byline Times is amongst many media organisations reporting one of the most crass consequences of Brexit, so far. As they note (and the whole
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