As David Cameron was very clearly failing to deliver any change in the behaviour and practice of the UK’s tax havens as a result of
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Holding ministers to account on tax: recent parliamentary questions on the issue
There are Members of Parliament who are interested in tax abuse. And there are those who answer their questions. I am grateful to David Lowry,
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Why HMRC have got the tax gap wrong
I gave evidence to the Treasury Select Committee in February, during the course of which I was asked to clarify what I meant by tax
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I think Lin Homer, George Osborne and David Gauke owe me an apology
The budget announced a might big crack down on big corporate tax avoidance in the UK. And quite a lot of other tax avoidance too,
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If the government is clueless on fraud why is it so sure on the tax gap?
This comment has just been published by the National Audit Office: Government lacks a clear understanding of the scale of the fraud problem and departments
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HMRC don’t prosecute the right people – and almost no one for corporate tax fraud
There are two charts in the National Audit Office report on HMRC’s abysmal record on estimating the scale of and then tackling tax fraud that
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The National Audit Office fails to ask the right questions of HMRC on the tax gap
The National Audit Office has published another dire report, only a day after it completely missed the target with its review of NHS trusts. This time
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The EU Parliament has just demanded that the Commission get off the fence on tax avoidance. But will they?
I gather that the EU Parliament has just voted to approve the package of tax demands of the EU Commission previously made by the Economic
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HMRC’s tax gap: a stuck record that defies economic logic
HMRC has issued its new tax gap data this morning. For the record, the figure is the same as last year, and pretty much the
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