In the March 2015 Taxcast: Democracy for sale: how our politics are heavily reliant on tax haven-friendly donors. Also, we ask: why is HSBC shutting
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An accountant’s vision of Britain
Will Hutton said in the Observer yesterday: Campaigning on the doorstep for less debt is hardly the stuff to win hearts and minds. It is an
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What we need is a long term fair tax plan
This is John McDonnell MP’s speech in the Budget debate yesterday: John McDonnell MP: The Budget sets the target of raising £3.1 billion through tackling tax
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Andy Haldane is right, and wrong
The FT has noted: The Bank of England’s chief economist has opened the door to a further cut in UK interest rates if low inflation
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Tackling tax evasion in the hidden economy
It is time to return to my theme of tackling tax avoidance and evasion in the UK. These are three more ideas on ways to
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I was wrong: the government has no intention of regulating the tax profession
Yesterday I noted, based on a reading of the government’s new policy document on tax avoidance and tax evasion, that it intended to take action
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Why didn’t George listen to me in 2013?
The government has announced today that: At Budget 2015, the government also announced that it would strengthen the deterrent effect of the General Anti Abuse Rule
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The government is cracking down on tax advisers – and about time too
The government has, in the last hour, published a new policy document on tax avoidance and tax evasion. Much of what that document has to
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Big business is going to get an easy tax ride over the next few years
It’s always interesting to see where a Chancellor expects to pick up tax from. I did such an exercise a year ago on Osborne’s 2014
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