The Guardian reported last night that: HSBC will not face formal action from the City regulator following revelations that the Swiss arm of Britain’s biggest
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If you have evidence that Amazon and eBay traders are not paying VAT please share it
Several weeks ago I wrote about the VAT abuse that is undoubtedly happening as a result of sales being made through the Amazon and eBay
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HMRC don’t prosecute the right people – and almost no one for corporate tax fraud
There are two charts in the National Audit Office report on HMRC’s abysmal record on estimating the scale of and then tackling tax fraud that
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The National Audit Office fails to ask the right questions of HMRC on the tax gap
The National Audit Office has published another dire report, only a day after it completely missed the target with its review of NHS trusts. This time
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The EU Parliament has just demanded that the Commission get off the fence on tax avoidance. But will they?
I gather that the EU Parliament has just voted to approve the package of tax demands of the EU Commission previously made by the Economic
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John Kay on tax: so right, and so wrong
John Kay has an article on tax in the FT this morning which ends saying this: Tax is thus a moral issue. Not because we
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It’s not just emissions
I think this headline in the Guardian is telling: VW admits emissions scandal was caused by ‘whole chain’ of failures German carmaker says company suffered
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Take HSBC, add Jersey and mix with HMRC
The FT has reported this morning that: Jersey bank account holders have been invited by the UK tax authority to declare any undisclosed tax liabilities
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HMRC’s new quarterly accounting proposals are just wrong and could backfire badly
There is some anger in the tax profession at the creation of a strict liability offence for offshore tax evasion at present, but if I
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