Three investigations were announced by the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons yesterday. Because the detail of these things do not usually get publicity I think
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The Guardian has reported this morning that: Tax avoiders’ accountants face being forced to give evidence before MPs after a Commons committee announced a series
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The Guardian has reported that: The EU executive has said the UK owes €2.7bn (£2.4bn) to Brussels for alleged failure to tackle customs fraud, as
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A few days ago a commentator asked on the blog: I am not an economist so hopefully my ignorance can be forgiven. I find myself
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The Panama papers may have outed a rogue company but even the Queen was caught up in the Paradise papers. But we are told that
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Cross posted from the Fair Tax Mark: Conservative MP for North Wiltshire, James Gray, recently asked Parliament what steps the UK Government was taking in
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Last week I suggested that the wrong way to tax tech companies was on their revenues, as the UK Treasury seems to now be suggesting.
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I noted yesterday that the suggestion that Google, Facebook and other tech companies should pay tax on their turnovers would give rise to all sorts
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What now seems a long time ago I did the investigation that led to the first ever story on Google’s tax. The story was shared
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