FT.com / UK / Economy & Trade – Tax system flaws cost UK £40bn a year . Again, reasoned analysis from the FT this morning,
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RBS – where was the tax dodging in the accounts?
Any quoted company has to file accounts that include a tax reconciliation statement. The statement is meant to explain the difference between the tax rate
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VAT increase enthusiasts are in action on the Guardian blog
The Guardian have noted that a proposal to charge a turnover tax has been made by at least commentator on its Tax Gap series, with
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Taxwash?
The Guardian has published a thoughtful blog by ex tax inspector Richard Brookes this morning criticising the Revenue’s tax risk weighting system for large companies.
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Why Gordon?
From the Guardian: Brown presided over the tax system for 10 years, ushering in much anti-avoidance legislation but also several business-friendly reviews and “light touch”
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Vince Cable on the Tax Gap
From the Guardian blog by Vince Cable: In the case of the UK-based global banks, we have also painfully discovered in recent weeks that the
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The Tax Gap – the numbers do the talking
I note that Tim Worstall is persisting in his claims that my methodology used in the TUC report, The Missing Billions, is flawed. I have
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The Guardian’s Tax Gap
The Guardian has begun its Tax Gap series. And those who spend their whole lives seeking to be negative are already pointing out that in
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It takes 2.4 million households to pay for the tax gap
The Guardian has launched its Tax Gap series. As it notes: Last October the public accounts committee criticised the Treasury for its inability to measure
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