As the Guardian has noted this morning: Predictions that adding VAT to private school fees would set off a wave of parents moving children to
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It’s time to be serious about tax evasion
As the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has reported: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) estimates that tax evasion cost the UK £5.5 billion in
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Our tax system needs radical rethinking – not tinkering over costs
Both the FT and the Guardian note criticisms of HM Revenue & Customs raised by the National Audit Office this morning. As the NAO says:
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HMRC’s steady decline continues
As the FT noted a couple of days ago: The number of HM Revenue & Customs investigations into serious tax fraud and avoidance has fallen
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Dan Neidle’s tax proposals are all about perpetuating existing economic power structures within out society
The issues that I have raised with Dan Neidle’s tax proposals appear to continue to attract interest. In particular, there are some commentators who seem
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Tax justice – Dan Neidle style
I mentioned Dan Neidle’s proposed reform of capital gains tax yesterday. As he had previously done with investment income, he suggested that the ‘normal rate
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Are the rich going to leave?
In the run-up to the budget, I have seen claims that as many as one in five people are planning to leave the UK because
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies’ proposed reform of capital gains is a long way from the reforms we need
The Institute for Fiscal Studies issued a new report on the reform of capital gains tax yesterday, some parts of which are welcome. Firstly, they
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Tackling inequality requires an increase in taxes on wealth
According to the Guardian yesterday: A failure by Rachel Reeves to back a “windfall of wealth taxes” in her budget risks fuelling the rise of the populist
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