We had a debate yesterday at the Tax Justice Network conference (which was a stunningly good event) on whether tax justice campaigners should call for
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Mapping tax spillovers
I am presenting at the Tax Justice Network conference this morning. I will be discussing the paper I have written with Professor Andrew Baker of Sheffield Political Economy
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Does Zucman’s new tax evasion work completely add up?
I have already noted the new research byAnnette Alstadsæter, Niels Johannesen and Gabriel Zucman on tax evasion in Scandinavian countries published this week. I have
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The tax gap and fiscal convergence
I am in Brussels (again) today speaking at a conference organised as part of the Enlighten Horizon 2020 programme. The panel I am a part
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What’s the tax gap?
HMRC has been negligent on VAT fraud
The National Audit Office report into HMRC’s mishandling of online VAT fraud, which it suggests has been costing the country at least £1.5 billion a
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The Tax Justice Network Beneficial Ownership checklist
I’m sharing this blog from the Tax Justice Network because I had some input into the project to which it refers and am doing some
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The £2 billion (and rising) cost of HMRC’s failure to police our ports
Comments from me were included in a report on HMRC’s failure to collect customs duties owing at UK ports on Radio 4 on Wednesday night.
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Even the House of Lords thinks HMRC makes numbers up
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill committee has now published its report on Making Tax Digital (MTD). I submitted written and oral evidence to
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