The deliberate, blatant and wholly inappropriate abuse of UK VAT law by companies loosely based in the Channel Islands is an ongoing scandal costing the
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No more VAT, but more bank tax please
From the Guardian, today, this call for no VAT increase and an ambitious programme for the banks to pay more tax: As economists we are
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VATman and Robin
According to Brendan Barber of the TUC: Increasing VAT in the budget will hit the poor more than the rich, have more impact on small
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VAT’s the way to do it – or maybe not
It looks increasingly likely that VAT will rise to help pay down the public deficit. The first of the TUC’s new regular Tax Briefings tells
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The Jersey and Guernsey VAT scams undermine the UK’s economy
Sometimes I wonder why I allow comments on this blog: so many commentators promote abusive ideas or simply seek to abuse the hassle quite often
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Guernsey facilitates tax abuse of £110 million a year
The BBC in Guernsey featured locally facilitated abuse of UK VAT law on its main news programme yesterday. Campaigner Richard Allen featured heavily — and
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The Channel Islands’ VAT scam continues
The Guardian, working I am sure with the irrepressible Richard Allen, have reported: The controversial online sale of VAT-free CDs exploded at the end of
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The Isle of Man is still being subsidised – by at least £40 million a year
I have been sent a Freedom of Information request made in the Isle of Man concerning the new VAT sharing agreement with the UK. I
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The Isle of Man deal was too good to continue – because it as a subsidy!
Manx Radio has noted: The man responsible for the Isle of Man at the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice has confirmed the VAT arrangement was
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