In this morning’s video I address the topic that, long ago, really got this blog going, which is tax havens. I note that I keep
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We don’t need a wealth tax, yet
This morning’s video sees me back in front of the camera. The antibiotics are working. In this video, I note that there is a lot
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Why has Richard Tice had an offshore trust?
The Mirror has an investigative article this morning looking at the offshore finances of Richard Tice, the Reform Party MP. As they note: The multi-millionaire
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The wealthy disrupt economies and we cannot afford that
As the FT has noted this morning: Italy has doubled a flat tax on the foreign income of new residents, in a blow to rich
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If you look in the wrong place, as Labour plans to do, you will never find the tax gap
HM Revenue & Customs published its new tax gap figures yesterday. They are nonsense, as they always have been. I have explained why here as
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The weird world of tax anomalies
UK journalists have been paying attention to tax anomalies this week, as I have in this morning’s main video. This comes from the FT: Amongst
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The LibDems tax proposals needed a lot more thought. Good in parts, is the best that can be said.
The LibDems have been the first to release their manifesto for this election. To support it, they have published their ‘full costing’, because woe betide
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Why is there no capital gains tax charge on houses?
I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is: Why is there no capital gains tax charge on private houses in the UK?
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Scotonomics on the Taxing Wealth Report
I was on Scotonomics last night, discussing the Taxing Wealth Report, and right at the end its relevance for Scotland. For reasons I can’t explain
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