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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Entrepreneur’s relief: an exercise in the tax system redistributing wealth upwards
Last summer I wrote this about the so-called Entrepreneur’s Relief that UK capital gains tax provides: Capital gains tax Entrepreneurs Relief does, in essence, reduce the
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Tax spillovers – the video
New from the Coffers project: And I know it’s a slightly odd production. The coffee cup lost relevance as the production was animated. And there
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The “Race to the Bottom” and how it makes us all poorer
New from the Tax Justice Network this morning, and well worth watching, my old friend John Christensen talks economics and tax and justice with Naomi
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The answer is Unitary Taxation
This comes from Public Services International, which is a Global Union Federation of more than 700 trade unions representing 30 million workers in 154 countries:
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Beating financial secrecy: an explainer
I admit I do not agree with the Tax Justice Network simplistic view that tax funds government spending (because it doesn’t) but that apart this
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HMRC plan to suspend the rule of law in the event of Brexit
The government has tabled the most extraordinary statutory instrument as a result of Brexit. It is called: The Cross-border Trade (Public Notices) (EU Exit) Regulations
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From modern monetary theory to modern taxation theory: a debate to be had
I had a paper published by the Real World Economic Review in the last few days. This is on modern monetary theory and taxation. The
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