The latest tax gap data from HMRC offers some amazing statistics. Take this table on the dishonesty in the tax returns of self employed people
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Tory MPs promoting the virtues of theft and tax cheating
I was reading ‘Britannia Unchained’ – the right wing Tory ‘shadow manifesto’ but five of the 2010 Tory MP intake over the weekend. I hated parting
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If I were Chancellor for a day
Actually, this bog isn’t about what I’d do if I was Chancellor for a day. This was the theme that the Taxpayers’ Alliance and Joe Stead of
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Will Labour get tough on money laundering? If so it has to tackle tax havens
I’m delighted to see this report in the Guardian: Legislation that would have ensured that the City traders behind the Libor interest rates scandal did
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If there’s this much money to be had from tackling tax evasion why won’t HMRC go for it nationwide?
HMRC is very proud to announce initiatives these days – very small targeted programmes trying to tackle tax evasion in limited sectors in limited areas. The latest was announced here. The
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The reality of HMRC and the tax gap is they’re losing because they don’t have the people to do the job
As the Guardian reports this morning: The number of tax evasion cases being pursued by HM Revenue & Customs has fallen to its lowest level in five
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Churchill on Osborne’s dodgy dealing
If Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man can cooperate with the US on tax, why not with the UK?
The USA is putting into place the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. As they say of it: The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is
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Swiss banks know they handle dirty money, so why do we let them have banking licences here?
The Epoch Times (a new one on me, I admit) has reported: Hundreds of billions of dollars could be moved out of Swiss banks as clients
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