Some people have noted my criticism of Michael Gove’s plans for a ‘simple sales tax’ to replace VAT and have said that maybe he has
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I wrote about Michael Gove’s bizarre plan to scrap VAT this morning. It transferred to Channel 4 news this evening, wth credit given, Start at
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The Tory leadership race really is starting to look like the silly season for policy ideas. Michael Gove’s suggestion that we get rid of VAT
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Tax Justice UK – which is affiliated to but not the same as the Tax Justice Network, and whose advisory board I sit – was
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About a decade ago I co-authored with David Byrne of Durham University. I noticed that he picked up the cudgel I had already raised against
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The Progressive Economy Forum issued a number of podcasts to coincide with the budget yesterday. This one from me on reform of the tax system
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These are the slides I used for a talk at De Montfort University this morning on achieving fairness in the tax system: A talk for
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I will be co-directing a course at Copenhagen Business School from 12 to 14 September this year. It is part of their Masters in Tax course
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I am not always a fan of all the Oxford Centre for Business Taxation does, but its new blog is worth reading and the latest
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