During the hearing on VAT fraud to which I gave evidence yesterday I was asked how tax authorities should respond to the threat from crypto-currencies.
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VAT fraud: my presentation to the EU parliament this morning
I have already noted the information I supplied on VAT fraud in advance of the hearing of the Tax3 Committee of the EU Parliament that
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The scale of EU tax fraud
I am presenting evidence to the EU Parliament’s Tax3 Committee this morning on VAT fraud. In advance of the hearing the Committee asked for my
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The tax abuse industry is the clearest possible evidence that the rich just don’t care
The FT has an article this morning under the headline: Can you be rich and caring? The note that there are studies on this issue, saying:
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We’ve all paid a massive price for UK politicians failure to believe in tax justice
The Times has reported that: Amazon has shut down the accounts of thousands of Chinese companies that use the website to sell cheap products in
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Fraud is on the increase and the number of prosecutions has fallen by 31%
The FT has noted this morning that: A lack of resources for Britain’s police and prosecutors has led the number of white-collar crime prosecutions to
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Automatic information exchange from tax havens works – as tax justice campaigners always said it would
According to International Tax Adviser: HM Revenue and Customs identified a 20% jump in serious tax evasion cases in the past 12 months, according to
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Job done
In March I wrote about three tax inquiries started by parliamentary committees. They are on tax evasion and tax avoidance, the VAT tax gap and
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Tax Course: Combating Financial Fraud and Empowering Regulators
I will be co-directing a course at Copenhagen Business School from 12 to 14 September this year. It is part of their Masters in Tax course
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