I learned yesterday that a book to which I contributed a chapter has been published. That book was the final output of the Combating Financial
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The underpinnings of our society are now being broken by the government
There is the clearest indication given in the media this morning of the failing UK state. As the FT notes: The UK tax authority has
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Ten reasons why freeports are a bad idea
I was asked yesterday if I might be available to discuss freeports on the media and what my ‘top lines’ would be if I did.
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Why Freeports are a terrible idea
The government is proposing that there should be at least ten new freeports in the UK. These were so useless the last time that they were
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Getting tax on consulting right is about working out how to tax what actually happens – which no existing solution can deliver
It would seem that The Times is being used by HM Treasury on a quite regular basis now for kite flying tax reforms. The latest
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Abandoning taxes to keep trucks moving is a profoundly costly error
As The Independent has reported: Taxes totalling £800m could go unpaid this year because of border checks on lorries being scaled back to avoid queues
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The UK’s new VAT system on imports has not the slightest chance of working – and keeps honest traders out of the country
The Byline Times is amongst many media organisations reporting one of the most crass consequences of Brexit, so far. As they note (and the whole
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The tax profession is being disingenuous about the risks of tax abuse after Brexit when the UK is being set up to be a new tax haven
I noted very recently that the UK’s commitments on tax abuse in its agreement with the EU were weak, and then noted that minutes after
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The UK does not need the abused that freeports generate – so why are they the supposed big bonus from Brexit?
I wrote this in July, but since Freeports are supposedly to be one of the big advantages of Brexit (even though they are possible within
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