I took part in the first ever Revenue Bar Association debate last evening. The Revenue Bar is, of course, the organisation for tax barristers. The
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Getting around the rules is abuse now: England managers and others please note
As the FT put it: England football manager Sam Allardyce quit on Tuesday night after only 67 days in the job following newspaper allegations that
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Why the Bahamas Leaks are important
The Bahamas Leak, published late yesterday by the Guardian and others who are members of of the ICIJ, are important. First, they prove to those
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Beneficial ownership avoidance: another case of law that only applies to ‘the little people’
Paul Beckett is an Isle of Man lawyer who is willing to argue against the hegemony of thinking in that island. He has published an
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Is withholding tax the way to beat non-taxation?
The FT has just reported that: Apple has been forced to pay ¥12bn of back taxes to the Japanese authorities in a new controversy over
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Solving the problem of road fund licence abuse
It is less than a month ago that the FT reported that £400 million is being lost to evasion of the new paperless road fund
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Labour’s tax review
Labour has published the first stage of its review of HMRC, written by my old friend Pro Prem Sikka of Essex University. The Review recommends:
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More than a few bad Apples
At long last: the UK has a route to public country-by-country reporting
I mentioned the amendment to the Finance Bill proposed by Caroline Flint MP that would permit the introduction of country-by-country reporting regulations yesterday. I am
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