I apologise to all those who think I have suddenly become obsessed with Scotland, but there is another story on the political economy of that
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The business world is unprepared for the tax chaos that may be heading its way
I was at a seminar yesterday where a person more familiar with the workings and politics of international tax than I am suggested that if
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The transition to transparency
These were the slides I used for a talk to tax officials from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Greenland this morning: The Transition to Transparency
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David Cameron’s tax disclosure: a story but maybe not the whole one
I was asked by three national newspapers to look at David Cameron’s tax disclosures. I declined. I was in very real need of a day
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Labour needs to take tax seriously
For the first time ever, I think, in the history of this blog the following piece is jointly authored, in this case by me and
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What taxing powers should be devolved?
This comes from the FT this morning and given the importance of the issue I offer no apology for the length of the quote: There
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The five reasons why we tax
I am getting a lot of comments suggesting that tax is just about raising revenue. This is something I fundamentally disagree with, and have done
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Myths vs evidence: Tax cuts for the 10%
With the election out of the way it’s time to look at research again. This was a highlight of recent publications, coming from Alex Cobham
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What is tax for? A lesson for David Cameron in six tweets
In 2012 I was asked to explain what tax was for in six tweets. This is what I wrote. In view of his announcement on tax this
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