It so happens that the day before the new UK tax gap data was published by HMRC my suggestions on how this issue might be
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Will HMRC improve its tax gap estimation when new data is published this week?
I am reliably informed that the UK’s new tax gap data is out this week. More than a decade ago I was one of the
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Public Accounts Committee say HMRC must be tougher on online marketplaces
The Public Accounts Committee has now reported on its hearings on online VAT fraud. The summary of their report, which will be issued this morning,
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There seems to be no link between competitiveness and tax rate
A long time colleague, and one-time co-author, Francis Weyzig, has published some interesting research on his blog. As he says: The Netherlands just joined the
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Aggregation v Consolidation in the CCCTB
For those with access to International Tax Review, this article was out yesterday: It builds on themes in this previously unpublished paper written a month
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The real question about Amazon’s EU tax bill is why it has taken so long to impose it
Amazon is, as predicted this morning, facing a tax charge of about €250 million that the European Commission is demanding be imposed upon it by
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Don’t just make Ireland collect Apple’s tax, charge them a penalty for failing to do so
The European Commission has taken Ireland to court for failing to collect the €13 billion tax demand on Apple imposed last year. The press release
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Beating Amazon on tax is vital: it’s about shaping the society we want to live in
The tax affairs of large US companies operating in Europe will attract a lot of attention today. It is expected that the EU will publish
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Why Uber deserves to lose its London licence
Sadiq Khan, who I have known since we were on the same school governing body many years ago, has said he will have Uber’s licence
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