If commentators were to be believed the tax gap is inconsequential. Then comes a press announcement from HMRC this morning: As part of its work
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The Tax Gap, who is right? The Tax Journal assesses Gauke v Murphy
The Tax Journal is a serious UK professional tax journal, and today it has published an article looking at the tax gap, written in the
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Why do HMRC understate the tax gap?
A copy of an H M Revenue & Customs internal publication called ‘Economic Times and Tax Avoidance Behaviours’ produced it seems by the HMRC Anti-Avoidance
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Oxford and HMRC data proves that the corporate tax gap is £12 billion – as I said, three years ago
I have referred already to the Oxford report on corporation tax, just published, and Robert Peston’s reaction to it. There is however another important point
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Taking Peston to pieces on tax
Robert Peston has looked at the Oxford Centre for Business Taxation report on corporation tax in commentary on his BBC blog and come to some
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It’s true- small business really does pay tax at higher rates than big business in the UK.
I am a regular critic of the Oxford Centre for Business Taxation, and I think with very good reason, but I also give credit where
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HMRC to solve debt management problem – by writing the debt off
Another gem from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report on H M Revenue & Customs: The Department has been less successful in dealing
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Does HMRC resolve tax disputes appropriately?
The House of Commons Public Accouns Committee has tried to find out of H M Revenue & Customs resolve tax disptes appropriately. But as they
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A UK small company can expect a visit from HMRC – once every 250 years
I spoke at a meeting for PCS – the union for a majority of staff at H M Revenue & Customs -yesterday. One person present
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