I note the FT has said this morning that: The Labour leader set out plans to raise £1.1bn by cutting down on tax avoidance —
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How I got to £119.4 billion: the detailed workings behind my tax gap estimates
PCS press release on new tax gap report
PCS have just issued the following press release: Tax evasion spirals to more than £80 billion a year, new figures show The cost of tax
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New report: The tax gap is £119.4 billion and rising
A new report by PCS, the union for most staff at HMRC, issued this morning, reappraises the UK tax gap and suggests it was £119.4
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Thoughts on the OECD BEPS process: an NGO perspective
The following are detailed thoughts on the OECD BEPS year one outcomes prepared by friends and colleagues at Eurodad (the European Network on Debt and Development).
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Sometimes you just have to hope – and this is one of them
The OECD has issued a short video on its Base Erosion and Profit Shifting announcements, made yesterday, presented by Pascal St Aman, its tax director: Because
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Three Illicit Financial Flows Targets
The following blog has been reproduced from the website of the Center for Global Development, with permission. It is authored by Alex Cobham, a long
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My tax justice motion for local authorities
I have published a bog on the need for a motion on tax justice related issues that local councillors can put to the authorities of
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Towns against tax dodging – a draft motion on tax abuse any council could adopt
Action Aid has developed an interesting new campaign called: As they say: Big companies are getting away with dodging billions in taxes, both here and
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