This is the fourth in a series of videos on where I think tax justice should be going in 2021 to both build on and
Read the full article…
HM Revenue & Customs is not fit for purpose
This comes from my paper on a future tax system for Scotland, but since it explains why HM Revenue & Customs does not provide a
Read the full article…
Scotland needs a new tax system
As The National newspaper in Scotland reports this morning: IN the fifth Scottish Independence Convention Transition Paper — Tax Policy For An Independent Scotland —
Read the full article…
UK company law and tax enforcement is so bad it’s almost as if the government wanted to encourage tax abuse
The Guardian ran an excellent article yesterday on the likely tax abuse inherent in the outsourced Covid track and trace contracts. As they recounted: Many
Read the full article…
It really is time the world understood tax
I am seeing quite a lot of criticism of Biden’s tax plan for the US, from right across the political spectrum. MMT does not like
Read the full article…
Making Tax Work
A significant part of my work over the last year that has not previously featured on this blog is featured in the latest newsletter of
Read the full article…
We need a Ministry of Tax
The FT has reported this morning that: A Treasury decision to hold a “tax day” three weeks after the Budget will be a bellwether for
Read the full article…
Government funds are not ‘taxpayer money’ and the media and politicians should stop confusing the two
This article was written by Jonathan Barrett, who is a senior lecturer in Taxation, Te Herenga Waka at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand,.
Read the full article…
Tax avoidance is real, and not the same as tax evasion
Richard Brooks of Private Eye is chair of Tax Watch UK, and he has written to me this morning saying that the characterisation I have
Read the full article…

Buy me a coffee!
