This post began life as a Twitter thread. It builds on a post made here, yesterday. Some added charts and links have been included. —–
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We don’t need more threats to prosecute tax cheats to increase tax revenue: we need a general anti-avoidance principle
It would seem that I walked into another minor hornet’s nest when tweeting, and then blogging, about Tax Watch UK director George Turner’s suggestion that
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The distinction between tax evasion and tax avoidance is essential if we want to maximise tax yield from those who seek to abuse the law
George Turner of Tax Watch UK published a paper and made a claim at an event yesterday that tax evasion is the same as tax
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The Tax Justice Network’s new estimates of tax lost to tax abuse look to be quite seriously understated
Over the last few months a lot of my time has been devoted to work in the national debt. The result of much of that
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The government is going for freeports – without any legislative basis for doing so, and despite the fact that they’re known to be hubs for illegal activity
Earlier this year Rishi Sunak undertook a consultation on freeports. I submitted extensive evidence. So did others. I could not see an objective observer who
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Ireland asked to justify its abusive tax policies and their impact on children
I was delighted to note the Irish Times reporting that: The United Nations is to examine whether Irish policies contribute to tax abuse by companies
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Good Law Project forces HMRC to collect £1.5bn in VAT from Uber
I share this from the Good Law Project, just published: Way back in April 2017, we announced we were going to take on HMRC’s failure to
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Why is the Department of Health and Social Care promoting tax abuse?
As the Guardian has noted, the Department of Health is looking for a new vice president of operations: Let’s ignore for a mom ent the
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The UK’s company regulation system is a licensed mechanism for the supply of corruption services
The Financial Times has reported this morning that: Businesses are being set up in the UK at a record rate, according to the government’s register
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