#OccupyNorwich have just issued the following press release: Occupy Norwich continue their series of discussions on the crisis at 1pm on Sunday at their camp on The Haymarket
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The economic crisis has one cause – the tax gap
I’ve talked about economiuc crisis for a long time. I’ve got a book coming out about what I think we need to do about it next week
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FTSE companies do not pay 26% tax
I note a story from a couple of days ago that has spun in all sorts of weird ways. UK accountants Hacker Young have suggested
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The FT acknowledges tax avoidance is real, deliberate and extensive
The FT has reported this morning that: US tax authorities are targeting cross-border finance deals worth billions of dollars between leading US and UK banks
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Why the tax gap matters – or why I appeared in court for UK Uncut
I wrote the following at the request of the Brighton Evening Argus for publication after the close of the UK Uncut trial in that city, in which I appeared as an expert
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HMRC and the tax gap: their data just does not stack at all (wonkish, but worth reading)
I thought it would be useful to highlight the incredibly small sample base of HMRC’s tax gap data for direct taxes, published this weak. As I have explained at length here,
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According to HMRC’s tax gap report offshore tax evasion costs them £3 million (yes, million) a year
I am well aware that ministers and HMRC’s senior management like to say my criticism of their tax gap figure is misplaced. After all they say, admitting
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The tax gap will increase by not less than £3.8bn this year – and what are HMRC doing about it?
HMRC have been issuing massively misleading reports that the tax gap fell by £7bn last year. It didn’t, and I have explained why here. Using
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