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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The very wealthy in the UK really do pay much less tax than they should
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has issued a new report this morning which is firmly in their own tax territory and appears to make recommendations
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Sunak is not a low tax chancellor
According to Politico: Rishi Sunak will lay his claim to be a “low tax” chancellor in a speech today as he delivers the annual Mais
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Taxing multi-millionaires – an investment income surcharge
In a series of videos (the production of which has been delayed by Jack Lennon, my video editor, moving house) I am looking at practical ways
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