The UK government always said it could not legislate for Jersey. And so it said it would not intervene to stop tax abuse and corruption.
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Just 19% of businesses shun the use of tax havens
I picked this up from the Fair Tax Mark, and I think it worth sharing. The information comes from this year’s Business In The Community
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The Public Accounts Committee do not believe HMRC’s tax gap data, as I’ve been saying for years
The Public Accounts Committee has published a report this morning on HM Revenue & Customs’ approach to estimating the U.K. tax gap. It is pretty
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The tax gap: why HMRC has always seriously underestimated it
The Public Accounts Committee has published a new report on HM Revenue and Custom’s tax gap estimates this morning. As I will note in a
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There is overwhelming demand for tax transparency on the Covid 19 era
I have already referred to one public opinion survey on tax-related issues this morning, and then realised that I had not reported another, which was
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What is capital gains tax all about?
The government is undertaking a review of capital gains tax, but it’s my suggestion that very few people seem to have much understanding of why
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Freeports – and why we do not need them in the UK
I recently submitted a fairly lengthy comment to the Government’s consultation on the creation of new Freeport in the UK, suggesting that it was almost
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A case to define the future of the tax profession?
If you can get into the FT story linked in this tweet it’s worth it, and free reads are allowed on the FT: In 2012,
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The case for capital gains tax reform: a submission to the Office for Tax Simplification
As was widely noted a few weeks ago, the Office for Tax Simplification is undertaking a review of capital gains tax, and appears to be
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