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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Progressive taxation sqaures the circle
The Guardian and the Tax Gap
The Guardian is launching a series of articles on Monday on the Tax Gap. As Polly Toynbee says in her article in the Guardian today:
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KPMG want the UK to be a tax haven
KPMG has published its latest survey on the UK’s tax competitiveness. It’s message is clear: it says the UK is slipping behind. But look who
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Brussels looks for lost VAT in the Channel
The Guardian published a long article on the VAT abuse that Jersey and Guernsey continue to facilitate VAT abuse in the UK yesterday. It says:
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It’s time the UK acted on tax havens
The Guardian has reported this morning that: The UK has failed to join a new international crackdown on financial secrecy and tax havens by more
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PWC report little progress on tax reporting
PWC has reported (but if you try to follow the link you’ll probably run into the almost insurmountable access issue that PWC’s website represents) that:
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Re-domiciliation – is it anything but fraud – help please!
I got sent a link to a web site saying the following: As you approach using an offshore company in your business, you may realize
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Tax Freedom Day for Goldman Sachs has already happened
Goldman Sachs paid tax at an effective rate of 0.6% in the year to 30 November 2008. If that is replicated this year that means
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