Apologies for the odd title, but that figure happens to be the number of words in the final version of the full Taxing Wealth Report
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Are HM Revenue & Customs intent on making the right amount of tax as hard as possible?
One of my arguments in the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 was that HM Revenue & Customs should be transformed to make the UK tax system
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What the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 has not done, and what might happen next
There are a few bits of the final Taxing Wealth Report 2024, in whichever format it is produced, that I have written but which have
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Publishing the Taxing Wealth Report – your opinion is sought
I am working on putting the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 together as one document right now. I need an opinion from you, the readers of
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Budget messaging
I was on LBC radio yesterday, talking about this week’s budget . At 9 am this morning I will be on Nicky Campbell’s show on
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024: a pre-Budget summary
The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 and the Budget In anticipation of the UK budget this week, I thought it important to provide a summary of
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Reforming the organisation, goals and funding of HM Revenue & Customs
I have this morning published the last substantial chapter of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. Some introductory and concluding sections have still to be completed,
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HMRC have deliberately taken tax collection out of our communities and the price that we are paying for that is very high
I am continuing to work on data from HM Revenue & Customs on its accounts, the tax gap and other issues related to its management
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Why can HM Revenue & Customs restate its account for the tax gap fourteen times in fourteen years?
I am now working on the last major section of the Taxing Wealth Report. This refers to the administration of HMRC. My focus was initially
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