As The Independent reports: The number of “Isa millionaires” has surged to more than 4,000, according to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) figures. Some 4,070 savers were sitting on
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There is lots of money available – if you know where to look for it
I think the time has come for me to note the project that I am working on this summer. Like so many readers of this
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The tax system is riddled with leaks that mostly benefit the rich. They need to be closed.
As the Guardian reports this morning: I entirely agree with the committee. A review of these allowances and reliefs is long overdue. Many are open
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HMRC dissembled (at best) when proposing Making Tax Digital, as I exposed in 2017. Now it is time to end this fiasco.
As the FT noted yesterday: HM Revenue & Customs omitted key figures from its business case about how much its Making Tax Digital programme will
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We can use AI in the economy but only if we are willing to tax capital more heavily
There is much discussion on the media this morning on the possibility that AI will cost tens, if not hundreds, of millions of jobs in
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We need a Ministry of Taxation and an Office for Tax Responsibility
I was asked yesterday about an old idea of mine – or rather, two of them. They are for the need for an Office for
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Additions to the glossary
am aware that I said I wanted a day off yesterday, but I watched slow television on BBC4 last night and added a pile of
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Advancing Fiscal Transparency for Development: a free online course
I have posted on the new Tax Transparency Principles that I have co-authored for the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency that were published last week,
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If PWC want more legitimate tax systems this is what they need to do
I spoke this week at a conference organised by PricewaterhouseCoopers on the legitimacy of tax systems. The conference was held under the Chatham House rule
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