As the FT has reported this morning: Pakistan’s supreme court has ordered Nawaz Sharif, the country’s prime minister, to stand down from his office in
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The UK government provides the perfect ‘no questions asked’ money laundering arrangements
I had a mail from a person in the company formation business in the last few days. They said: I don’t know if you have
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The BBC pay data provides evidence on the importance of transparency
The BBC pay data could just have provided some evidence for tittle-tattle. I am sure many in the BBC might wish it had done just
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Who is out of step on EU tax abuse? The UK, of course
Many will know the enormous loss of VAT revenue that it has been suggested might result from fraudulent traders making sales on Amazon and eBay
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Cashless, or not?
Matthew Taylor has delivered a disappointing report on employment in the gig economy. It was so disappointing that much of the talk flowing from it
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Mapping tax spillovers
I am presenting at the Tax Justice Network conference this morning. I will be discussing the paper I have written with Professor Andrew Baker of Sheffield Political Economy
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The tax free tour
Does Zucman’s new tax evasion work completely add up?
I have already noted the new research byAnnette Alstadsæter, Niels Johannesen and Gabriel Zucman on tax evasion in Scandinavian countries published this week. I have
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The wealthy are the biggest tax evaders
I share this, which has literally just been published. Due to time pressure this morning I have not even read it in full as yet,
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