Some comments on this blog deserve wider attention. At most it seems that 10% of those reading the blog ever read the comments. The following
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I’ve been noting some questions I’d be asking of selected taxpayers if I was a tax inspector. The first two, asking about cash payments to
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I mentioned yesterday that I though I should  suggest some enquiries I thought HM Revenue & Customs should make to root out the cash economy
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I’ve welcomed a new line of enquiry by HM Revenue & Customs on offshore accounts, reported this morning. In saying so I did, however, imply
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From the Telegraph this morning: Banks could find their role in helping wealthy customers move money offshore come under increasing scrutiny, with HMRC looking to
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From the Guardian, this morning: Working for the Public and Commercial services Union and using HM Revenue & Customs data, I estimated tax evasion in
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An article in the Telegraph at the weekend can’t be ignored in the context of the Tax Gap: The Prime Minister [has] singled out the
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Whilst away I exchanged emails with an accountant friend who told me of a recent conversation he’d had at a party or some such event,
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I was at a PCS “drop in” briefing session on the tax gap at the House of Commons this afternoon. A fascinating cross section of
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