In November I wrote a blog with the headline: Brexit will deliver a liquidity crisis that will make 2008 look like a half-hearted warm-up act
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German takes on Amazon cheats: why won’t HM Revenue & Customs?
The SuedDeutsche Zeitung has reported (via Google translate): The tax office in Neukölln has confiscated the stocks and balances of Chinese traders on Amazon.de and
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HMRC should be hanging their heads in shame over Uber
Many will have noted that the EU has ruled that Uber is not a tech company. It is, instead, a taxi company. What might be
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There aren’t many people who beat a £1.2 billion fraud: Richard Allen has
Amongst the very limited good news in this week’s budget was the announcement that the likes of Amazon and eBay are to be made liable
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Hammond finds his answers in attacking his party’s supporters
There are a lot of rumours floating that this is Philip Hammond’s last budget. This could be because May won’t make it for a lot
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The Isle of Man is still being subsidised by the UK to be a tax haven
This weekend much attention will be drawn to the use of the Isle of Man for VAT abuse. It is a story I know well,
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Public Accounts Committee say HMRC must be tougher on online marketplaces
The Public Accounts Committee has now reported on its hearings on online VAT fraud. The summary of their report, which will be issued this morning,
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Making Tax Digital – time for more simplification
I thought it worth sharing what follows on HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme, on which I wrote quite a lot earlier this year. Making Tax
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Who is out of step on EU tax abuse? The UK, of course
Many will know the enormous loss of VAT revenue that it has been suggested might result from fraudulent traders making sales on Amazon and eBay
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