Oxfam launched this hard hitting campaign video this morning. Some may find it distressing. But the reality is that in developing countries lost tax revenues
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What to do about the tax gap
It so happens that the day before the new UK tax gap data was published by HMRC my suggestions on how this issue might be
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Will HMRC improve its tax gap estimation when new data is published this week?
I am reliably informed that the UK’s new tax gap data is out this week. More than a decade ago I was one of the
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Public Accounts Committee say HMRC must be tougher on online marketplaces
The Public Accounts Committee has now reported on its hearings on online VAT fraud. The summary of their report, which will be issued this morning,
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Daphne Caruana Galizia RIP
The Guardian has reported the murder of the Maltese anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galuzia, saying: The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption
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Don’t just make Ireland collect Apple’s tax, charge them a penalty for failing to do so
The European Commission has taken Ireland to court for failing to collect the €13 billion tax demand on Apple imposed last year. The press release
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The UK: the ultimate ‘no questions asked’ tax haven
The Scottish Herald newspaper had an excellent article on Scotland as a tax haven yesterday which also focused on one of my continual concerns, which
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HMRC’s offshore paper tigers
The FT has an article today on the requirement that tax advisers write by the end of this month to all their clients who they believe
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Collecting tax due on rent and buy-to-let gains is not hard but the government refuses to do it
The London Borough of Newham has suggested that its research has shown that half of all its buy-to-let landlords were not registered for self assessment
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