In my opinion, the tax justice movement in the UK, at least, needs to start addressing some new themes. Those it has been working on
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Building a Scottish tax system
The Scottish National newspaper has reported that: THE Scottish Independence Convention (SIC) has today announced a “comprehensive” new report on building a new sovereign nation,
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The Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project
The Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project is a new initiative that I am creating which will be published in the first instance as a series
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Tax expenditures cost the UK £155 billion a year – and in many cases no one knows what benefit we get
I think it worth sharing the following press release from the National Audit Office, issued this morning: Today the National Audit Office (NAO) publishes a
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Tax spillover assessment: the future of tax reform
I was pleased to see this tweet by Juan Pablo Guererro of the Global Initiative for Financial Transparency, who joined us at City, University of
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The G7 and tax – a sign of chaos to come?
This blog post by me was published on the Class think tank blog this morning. I am on the Class advisory board: I have watched
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Sajid Javid’s single paragraph that proves he has not got a clue about tax
The FT has reported on Sajid Javid’s tax plans, noting this: “It wouldn’t be any surprise that I think taxes should be efficient. We want
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Tax spillovers at the Biarritz Summit
The next G7 summit is in Biarritz at the end of August. The G7 Research Group at the Munk Scool at the University of Toronto
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Sin taxes
If sin such a terrible thing when it comes in the form a can of Coke? Well, yes it is when the planet cannot afford
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