It is rare that I agree with Chas Roy-Chowdhury at the ACCA, but I do on this one: Chas Roy-Chowdhury head of tax at ACCA
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Why should we have a regressive corporate tax system in the UK?
My report on corporate tax, published by the TUC this morning, highlights the continuing fall in the average rate of corporation tax paid by the
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What do you mean by tax evasion George?
Richard Lupson-Darnell has done some smart analysis of George Osborne’s speech on his blog, saying: In his speech to the Conservative Party conference yesterday, George
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The tax gap on Question Time – again
The tax gap was raised on BBC 1’s Question Time programme ten days ago. And it got on again last week — with explicit reference
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Greece needs more than a tax amnesty
Greece has announced a tax amnesty to collect tax revenue. And it has been widely condemned. Greece has a massive shadow economy — about 29.5%
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Beat tax dodgers – sign the petition
38 Degrees is a great online campaigning organisation. As they told me in an email this morning: Dear Richard, Thousands of us have decided what
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Cuts, the Tax Gap and Government Priorities
Chartered accountant Richard Lupson-Darnell has written to his MP about the proposed cuts at HMRC and their impact on the tax gap. I commend his
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‘Making Pensions Work’: making the cuts a political choice, and not a necessity
The Finance for the Future’s report ‘Making Pensions Work’ when combined with my work on the tax gap shows that there is now an alternative
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The tax gap on BBC’s question time
My work on the tax gap, with the Tax Justice Network was referred to on BBC’s Question Time last night. Watch here. Started at 43.00
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