HMRC published its tax gap data for 2018/19 yesterday. I have long criticised this annual debacle which has always published a number between £29bn and £38bn
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Doing it automatically: the case for international tax cooperation has been won
This is reposted from the Tax Justice Network with permission. It is written by Alex Cobham, the TJN CEO. I co-authored Tax Us If You
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Another campaign win, this time to the tune of €5 trillion now subject to tax
The offshore finance sector used to laugh at the tax justice movement when we claimed there were trillions of undeclared assets offshore in tax havens.
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Why has it taken HMRC so long to tackle tax fraud on sites like Amazon and eBay?
As the FT reported last night: Online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay face being forced to collect value added tax on UK sales made
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The cost of the ‘axis of tax avoidance’ to the EU
I liked this form the Tax Justice Network: The full report is here. Note however two things. The first is that the UK is not
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The Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project
The Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project is a new initiative that I am creating which will be published in the first instance as a series
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Tax abuse, tax havens and Modern Monetary Theory
I was asked yesterday on this blog why issues such as tax abuse and the use of tax havens remain important when modern monetary theory
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The Tories are still on the side of the tax cheats
There was a debate in the Commons on the tax gap yesterday. Labour initiated it. John McDonnell led the attack for them. You can read
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Journals, papers and prizes
I admit that I was pleased to be advised that a journal paper I co-authored with Dr Petr Jansky and Prof Atul Shah entitled ‘BEPS
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