In 2007 I wrote a Code of Conduct for Taxation for the Tax Justice Network and Association for Accountancy & Business Affairs. The Code of Conduct was just 2 pages
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The UK is not open for business when it comes to property taxation but is instead open to abuse
As the Guardian has reported: George Osborne ‘considers capital gains tax for overseas buyers’ Sky News says the chancellor may impose CGT, currently only paid
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Cameron announces the UK will have a public registry of the beneficial ownership of companies
This press release has been issued by Downing Street today: The Prime Minister will announce further steps to crackdown on tax evasion by tackling the
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You can’t keep fleecing the tax compliant and ignoring the non compliant without the compliant waking up to that fact
I rather liked this comment, from someone I know to be an accountant, on the blog this morning (I have edited slightly as I quote
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Tax haven UK runs a voluntary box corporation tax system for those who’d like to pay
The extent to which the UK has become a tax haven became apparent yesterday at the Public Accounts Committee Hearing when Margaret Hodge asked why
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Some of us said the UK – Swiss tax deal was full of holes from the start and now we know that’s true
Amongst the outcomes of yesterday’s Public Accounts Committee hearing in which HMRC were interviewed about their performance was the revalation that the UK – Swiss
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Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man have signed UK tax deals but the abuse goes on – and so does the campaign against them
The following press release has been issued today: The HM Treasury has published a written ministerial statement on tax information exchange agreements between the United Kingdom and
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If 100 new tax inspectors have brought in tens of millions, why can’t we have many more?
As International Adviser has reported: According to data released to UK accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young, HMRC’s yield from compliance work related to personal tax
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The ONS says the UK shadow economy is 1.7% of GDP when HMRC says 12.2% of all VAT is missing
I am occasionally making FoI requests now. I made one a few weeks ago when I anticipated the new tax gap report from HMRC coming
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