The Guardian has reported that: France has cast doubt on claims by a Conservative minister and tax office boss Lin Homer that the UK was
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Tax and ethics on the Stephen Nolan show this morning
I tried to debate tax on the Stephen Nolan show this morning on BBC Northern Ireland. My opponent was proud of paying no tax. The
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Has HMRC forgotten Wales, East Anglia, Scotland and Wiltshire?
HMRC has published a map of where they have prosecuted people for tax offences. It’s interesting. This is one extract: Have they forgotten most of
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Are we paying more tax than ever?
Alex Cobham of the Tax Justice Network noted an odd claim by the government on Wednesday. They said in an amendment to a Labour motion tabled
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1,046,398 to one
There were 1,046,398 sanctions, or financial penalties, imposed on Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants in 2013. Five years after HMRC got the HSBC data there has been one
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Time to move on
The last week has been a touch hectic, and to be candid I am in need of a bit of a break. So I am
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Do we need specialist tax courts?
Tax QC Jolyon Maugham had an interesting article on Comment is Free yesterday. As some will know, Jolyon and I cross swords about as often
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Since when were transfers into family trusts when in Switzerland plain vanilla tax avoidance?
The Guardian has reported: Lord Fink, the former Conservative treasurer who threatened to sue Ed Miliband over his comments on tax avoidance, has conceded that the
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Would you be a director of a company that uses tax havens?
Suppose you were a director of a multinational company. As John Lennon would have it, it’s easy if you try. Now imagine you were under
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