The National Audit Office has published another dire report, only a day after it completely missed the target with its review of NHS trusts. This time
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The Fed has increased interest rates. Several people have asked me what all the fuss is about. Can 0.25% make that much difference? My answer is
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I gather that the EU Parliament has just voted to approve the package of tax demands of the EU Commission previously made by the Economic
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This letter was in the Guardian this morning: On Wednesday the European parliament will vote on a package of tax-avoidance measures and ask the European
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I am not a fan of HMRC’s plans to digitise tax services. I note I am not the only one with doubts. The Office for Budget
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In the December 2015 Tax Justice Network podcast: We get some insights into the usually closed world of the wealth managers who serve the super
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John Kay has an article on tax in the FT this morning which ends saying this: Tax is thus a moral issue. Not because we
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Starbucks claims to have paid £8.1m in corporation tax at a rate of 24% last year. But as the Guardian noted I had this to say:
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This statement was issued by Sir Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, yesterday: Running a deficit seems to be becoming normal practice for
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