As the FT has noted this morning: Italy has doubled a flat tax on the foreign income of new residents, in a blow to rich
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The far-right are coming for tax
I have published this video this evening. In it, I argue that far-right politicians hate government, or so they say. For decades they tried to
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Freeports are dangerous
I have, as usual, published a new video this morning in which I suggest that Rishi Sunak’s very limited legacy will include the creation of
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Why the Tories think it’s OK to gamble on elections, and the much more sinister dimensions to this belief
Why do the Tories think they can bet with insider information, as they obviously did before the election was called? It’s because they think that
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Tax havens are still a threat to our well-being
I posted this video to YouTube this morning. In it, I argue that Tax havens are still a massive threat to the well-being of the
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Freeports are a threat to free markets and to the wellbeing of the populations of all countries in which they exist
The National newspaper in Scotland has been running what I think to be a very important series on the threats posed by freeports during the
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Tax havens exist to undermine democracy. They are a fundamental threat to our way of life.
Not long after I first began to work on tax haven reform more than twenty years ago I realised that the problem that these places
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Prem Sikka reminds David Cameron of his commitments on country-by-country reporting
This exchange took place in the House of Lords yesterday: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con) One of the best things we can do for
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Why won’t UK politicians address the biggest part of tax evasion in the UK, which is caused by the absue of limited liability companies due to poor state regulation?
As the Guardian notes this morning: Anyone selling used clothes on Vinted, renting out their home on Airbnb, or getting rid of old camera equipment on
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