A commentator on my blogs on the IFS proposals for the reform of VAT said: Surely, if we wish for integrity in any debate like
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Over at TaxationWEB I voice my concern over HM Revenue & Customs’ sweeping programme of local office closures and staff reductions. As I conclude: Let’s
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I missed a letter in the FT last week from Lord Wallace of Saltaire, the Lib Dem peer and former LSE academic. He said (and
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Deputy Geoff Southern is one of Jersey’s political opposition. It’s a brave thing to be. He has a fascinating letter in today’s Jersey Evening Post.
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I expect to find File of 4 on Tuesday 15 July very interesting. The trailer says: Profits before poverty? In 1948, the post-war Labour Government
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AccountingWEB (amongst others) has reported that the Tories have issued a press release saying: A report by a working group headed up by ex-chancellor Lord
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There was an extraordinary piece of information in the Observer newspaper on Sunday. It was noted with regard to equity investors that: Retail investors have
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The Guardian has reported that: The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, yesterday promised a radical reform of fuel duty that would have given motorists an immediate
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I attended the first hearing of the Treasury Select Committee on Offshore Financial Centres this morning. It was to this committee that we submitted Tax
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