The next public hearing scheduled as part of the European Parliament’s investigation into tax rulings is to be held on Monday June 1, 2pm-7.30pm. The
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Tax avoidance takes a new twist using thousands of limited companies
I have been assisting the BBC with their news story, first broadcast this morning on the Today programme, on a new and, in my opinion,
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Upcoming in Brussels
This has just been posted on the website of the European Parliament: Members of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings (TAXE) will have an exchange
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If you aint cheating, you aint trying
It’s been widely reported that the above was said by one of the foreign exchange traders whose behaviour has led to the imposition of fines
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On Margaret Hodge and the PAC
I am sorry that Margaret Hodge has announced that she has no plan to seek the chair’s role on the Public Accounts Committee during the
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Will corporate tax abuse end?
There were two corporate tax abuse stories yesterday. One was about Next, where HMRC believe they have closed a £22 million loophole the company was
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Measures to target tax avoidance have to be aimed at the wealthy
Tax avoidance is not as prevalent in the UK as most like to think. When I last estimated it I put it at £19 billion
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What’s the scorecard on Graham Aaranson’s review of tax avoidance and evasion?
The Tax Journal has an article that it suggests is an end of Parliament scorecard on the efforts of the last government in tackling tax
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Creating and managing tax risk
In 2003 John Christensen and I were driving the then very new and very small Tax Justice Network. We needed a strategy that would draw
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