Much of what I am noting in this blog comes from a recent submission that John Christensen and Nick Shaxson of the Tax Justice Network have
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Tax spillovers at the Biarritz Summit
The next G7 summit is in Biarritz at the end of August. The G7 Research Group at the Munk Scool at the University of Toronto
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Tax reform of the day: equalise capital gains and income tax rates
In my book ‘The Joy of Tax’ I argued that tax was the single best instrument available to any government to shape the society for
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Non-doms may not be going. They might just be paying tax
The Guardian reported yesterday that: The number of super-rich people who live in the UK but pay no tax on their offshore income has fallen
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Freeports are tax havens whatever the government might say about them
This post by me was also on Left Foot Forward this morning: Boris Johnson is proposing that the UK should, post-Brexit, have at least ten
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You couldn’t make it up: Jersey is cracking down on tax avoiders
International Investment has noted: Jersey’s government is planning to launch a crackdown on islanders not paying their due tax, as it estimates to generate an
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How tax havens distort the world
The Office for National Statistics published new data on inward foreign direct investment into the UK this week. This is where they show the money
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HMRC has to get its statistics right
The Fair Tax Mark tweeted yesterday: Hmmm🤔 HMRC’s Annual Report just out. Curious how the UK’s official “Tax Gap” stays pretty much flat year-in year-out,
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The times, they are a-changin’ for minimum corporation tax rates
The FT has just reported that: As expected, the G7 also agreed [today] on the principle of a global minimum corporate tax rate to ensure
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