HMRC have issued their tax gap report for 2014, which relates to the tax year 2012/13. Predictably the figure is ludicrously low. They say it
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It occurred to me whilst writing the previous blog that David Cameron has only one possible way that he might deliver on his promise of
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George Osborne is, apparently, going to introduce what he has always said is impossible, which is a tax on Google’s profits resulting from its habit
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We have been used to talking about tax avoidance  as a focus for the UK Tax Justice campaign for a long time now.  Companies like
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Right wing ‘usual suspect’ trolls have been out in force on the comments section of the blog in the last day or two saying I
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I note the FT has said this morning that: The Labour leader set out plans to raise £1.1bn by cutting down on tax avoidance —
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PCS has now published the detailed workings behind my new tax gap report. The full report, for those with time on their hands, is here.

PCS have just issued the following press release: Tax evasion spirals to more than £80 billion a year, new figures show The cost of tax
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A new report by PCS, the union for most staff at HMRC, issued this morning, reappraises the UK tax gap and suggests it was £119.4
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