Amongst the many statistical releases made yesterday by HMRC was a new estimate of the VAT gap for the UK, this being the first estimate
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Northern Ireland wants to take control of its Corporation tax rate but there is a problem. Under EU law (which would also apply to Scotland
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I have had time overnight to read what was impossible for me to do yesterday due to broadcast and interview commitments and sheer fatigue, which
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A diverted profits tax has been announced today, to which I have already referred. I gather we will learn no more about it until next
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I have listened to budgets and autumn statements for 35 years. I have not heard one with so little content before now. There was one
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This is what HMRC have to say today on two key issues if concern to me:   I’m delighted by the announcement on country-by-country reporting. I
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People are calling me and asking what Osborne is going to do about Google. My answer is he is going to talk about doing something
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David Cameron and George Osborne say they have a long term plan for the economy. Superficially it is very hard to detect what that plan
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Just over a year ago the British Prime Minister David Cameron, whose family has had tax haven interests for many years, tried to whitewash Britain’s Overseas
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