This blog post was written by Christine Lagarde of the IMF. It’s rare that I will repost from such a source. I do though for
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The Destination Based Cash Flow Tax is a terrible idea
Nick Shaxson has a post on the Tax Justice Network blog explaining why the destination based cash flow tax (DBCFT) is a terrible idea as
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£100 billion of secretly owned property in the UK: another price of offshore
Yesterday I noted that 3 million people in the UK own at least 5.7 million offshore bank accounts according to HMRC. Overnight Global Witness issued
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One in ten UK taxpayers has an offshore bank account
HM Revenue & Customs reported this week that: In 2018, HMRC received information about the offshore financial interests of around 3 million UK resident individuals, or entities
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Tax evasion is not the exclusive preserve of large companies and the wealthy
According to the Guardian Jeremy Corbyn said this on Friday: We believe that the real divide in our society is not between people who voted
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The EU tax gap in FT Alphaville
The FT’s Alphaville site features my work on tax evasion this morning. Access is free. As they note: According to tax campaigner Richard Murphy’s new
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Who needs austerity if there’s an alternative?
This article by me was published in the Lebanese publication Al Akhbar this weekend. This version is translated back into English: Moody’s downgraded Lebanon’s debt
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Is the subsidy to self employment worth it?
This comes from: Business owners earning £40k pay £4,500 less tax than employees, figures show. With the 31 January self assessment deadline looming, a campaign
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Support for my new EU Tax Gap report
I was pleased to receive support for my new EU tax gap report from the EU Commissioner responsible for taxation yesterday: My translation is: 1/2
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