The Public Accounts Committee has published a new report on HM Revenue and Custom’s tax gap estimates this morning. As I will note in a
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Why do we put up with limited liability, and how should we manage its consequences?
One of the issues I discussed in the question and answer session after the debate I took part in last night at the Tax Coop
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Whatever Liz Truss says about freeports today, their greatest benefit is to tax abusers and, worse still, organised crime
Liz Truss is, apparently, out and about, promoting freeports today. I recently submitted a fairly lengthy comment to the Government’s consultation on the creation of new Freeport
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There is overwhelming demand for tax transparency on the Covid 19 era
I have already referred to one public opinion survey on tax-related issues this morning, and then realised that I had not reported another, which was
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‘Competition’ is killing us
In this episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast: How a competition lawyer’s eyes were opened to the dangers of letting companies get
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Freeports – and why we do not need them in the UK
I recently submitted a fairly lengthy comment to the Government’s consultation on the creation of new Freeport in the UK, suggesting that it was almost
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The case for capital gains tax reform: a submission to the Office for Tax Simplification
As was widely noted a few weeks ago, the Office for Tax Simplification is undertaking a review of capital gains tax, and appears to be
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Sunday thoughts….on freeports
The Telegraph is promoting Rishi Sunak’s favourite theme – which is freeports – this morning. I suspect that’s not by chance. I said to myself
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Does country-by-country reporting work? You bet it does….
It is 17 years since I wrote the first draft of what is now called country-by-country reporting (CBCR). Since then it has come a long
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