The FT published this chart this week, noting that for the first time the value of US $100 bills in circulation exceeds the value of
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HMRC has to get its statistics right
The Fair Tax Mark tweeted yesterday: Hmmm🤔 HMRC’s Annual Report just out. Curious how the UK’s official “Tax Gap” stays pretty much flat year-in year-out,
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Progress on the abuse of limited companies for tax evasion
I admit I like to celebrate victories for the tax justice movement. I think that they are important. We have another new one, which would
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Facebook’s Libra and tax
The FT has an article this morning that includes a very good video (if you can get behind the paywall) on why they think that
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Why I stand by my tax gap estimate – including on the tax rate at which evasion takes place
I feel somewhat reluctant to return to the issue of my tax gap estimate, but since it is causing further debate I will. Let’s be
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Tax gaps and double entry (wonkish)
As some will have noticed, there have been those who have disputed my recent tax gap analysis, published here. The first was a person called
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HMRC underestimate the UK tax gap by £55 billion
I wrote this yesterday about HMRC’s tax gap estimates for this year, which had then not been published: I gather HMRC will be publishing their
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The UK tax gap is £90 billion a year
I gather HMRC will be publishing their latest tax gap figures this week. The last are here. I can make a fairly confident prediction. The
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Tax spillover assessments: an idea whose time has come
What I am pretty confident is my most significant academic publication to date has just appeared in print, in Global Policy journal. It’s also available
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