Back in 2008 I wrote this on this blog: Switzerland has announced that: there has been a substantial increase in the amount of tax retained
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On You and Yours discussing the morality of tax avoidance and evasion
I was on Radio 4’s You and Yours discussing the morality of tax avoidance and evasion today. Start 9 minutes in here. The evidence I
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If we want to solve HSBC we have to start at home
I have an article on HSBC on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site this afternoon. I frame the problem like this: The HSBC story is
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200,000 people were prosecuted for not having a TV licence last year but HMRC won’t prosecute Swiss tax cheats
Last year more than 200,000 people were prosecuted for not having a TV licence. More than fifty – many of them women – went to
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HMRC missing the point on tax crime, again
HMRC has issued a press release as a result of this morning’s revelations on HSBC. As an exercise in missing the point it’s a classic. They
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Why isn’t prosecuting tax cheats in the public interest in HMRC’s opinion?
This statement was published in March 2012 by HMRC is support of the appalling UK – Switzerland tax treaty negotiated by the current government under the
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The HSBC Switzerland story
The Guardian / BBC story of alleged tax evasion at HSBC between 2005 and 2007 covers old ground for some of us who have been around
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Left Platform on Saturday
I am speaking at an event called Left Platform on Saturday at University of London Union, Malet Street, WC1. The brief is as follows: Left
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If Labour has any sense it would go for an Office for Tax Responsibility
Polly Toynbee has written this in the last hour or so in the Guardian when discussing the importance of cracking down on tax abuse post
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