I wrote this blog last September but it remains just as relevant now, so I will repeat it given that HMRC are continuing to massively
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The tax gap – HMRC puts out another work of fiction suggesting it’s falling
HMRC issued the following press release today: The tax gap is the difference between the tax in theory that should be collected by HMRC and
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Let’s not beat about the bush: Hartnett did dodgy deals
As the Guardian reports this morning: Britain’s most senior taxman has admitted making “governance errors” when agreeing multibillion-pound settlements with large companies. Dave Hartnett, HMRC’s
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The Taxpayers’ Alliance reveal the crassness of their thinking
The Taxpayers’ Alliance have published a report this morning in which they claim: ï‚§ Over the last five financial years £27.4 billion of tax revenue has been
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HMRC at breaking point – Treasury Select Committee says – and as foretold
According to the Guardian: The Treasury select committee sees HM Revenue & Customs barely able to function, as a result of real-terms cuts to its
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Closing the tax gap is in the interests of every honest business
I’ve just done a blog under the above title at Forbes. It seems to me glaringly obviouysly true. So why isn’t it, I ask, obvious to free
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Big business disputes £25bn in tax – equivalent to a year’s spending cuts
As the Guardian reports: Britain’s largest companies are in dispute with HM Revenue & Customs over paying £25bn worth of tax, according to the latest
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H M Revenue & Customs is letting big business off the hook – according to its own senior staff
ARC – the Association of Revenue and Customs – which is the union for higher grade staff at H M Revenue & Customs has issued
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My speech to the National Pensioner’s Convention today
I’m speaking to the National Pensioner’s Convention today at Blackpool. It’s a long way to go from Norfolk to make a speech, but pensioners matter,
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