Revenue data loss - who is really to blame?
Thursday, November 29th, 2007I think the latest story in loss of tax data is illuminating. According to the BBC: An investigation has been launched after the personal and
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The Left have to talk about distribution when discussing tax
Friday, November 9th, 2007There’s a good article in the Scottish newspaper The Herald this morning. Commenting on reports of the increasing income divide between rich and poor throughout
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The Financial Reporting Council - is this a bad joke?
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Accountancy Age has reported that the Financial Reporting Council has announced the members of its new board. As it notes: The board will be led
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Osborne's domicile charge is illegal
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007I spent some time last night wondering why it had taken me time to comprehend what George Osborne was really trying to say about domicile
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No low tax for Northern Ireland
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007Some welcome news from the FT: Plans by Northern Ireland’s new power-sharing executive to stimulate foreign investment by cutting corporation tax have been dashed. In
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Could HMRC say no to a local income tax?
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007I don’t usually give much time to the Telegraph, but noticed a story there that suggests the Lib Dems and Scottish Nationalists are likely to
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Subsidies are negative taxation
Friday, February 9th, 2007Companies the world over seem to call for two things. The first is a simplified tax code. The second are lower tax rates. Nowhere though
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Whose fault is complexity?
Friday, November 17th, 2006PWC’s report for the World Bank, on which I have already commented, included the following observation: A particularly worrying consequence is that with the sheer
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The NatWest 3
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006It’s good to see the basis on which the so-called ‘NatWest 3’ are being prosecuted. When people appear to assist the creation of a deal
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