I’m often asked whether campaigning for fair tax can make a difference. I believe it does. This is some small evidence form the Guardian: A
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Those paying the highest tax rates are nowhere near the middle and women lose out everywhere
I am very bored by the claim that higher tax rates (45% at present, 50% proposed) impact the middle classes. The personal income statistics published
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If you’re not worried about the threat to democracy you should be
Own Tudor of the TUC has written a really useful blog on the impact of the Troika on EU states that have been the subject
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Anti-avoidance legislation works: the evidence from trusts
The last Labour government enacted significant measures to make sure trusts were much less attractive for tax planning in the UK. The latest evidence on
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The 1% really do live in a very different world to the rest of us
The government has issued new statistics today on the taxable income and tax paid of people in the UK split into single percentage point bands.
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This government is increasing inequality by design
The BBC have reported this morning that: Average UK living standards have fallen “dramatically” since the recession and will not reach pre-crisis levels by the
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Country-by-country reporting is open for discussion
The OECD announced yesterday that: Discussion Draft on transfer pricing documentation and country-by-counrty reporting released for public comment 30/01/2014 – Action 13 of the BEPS Action Plan
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Why does George Osborne dislike small business so much?
I’ve published a blog this morning on George Osborne’s £10 billion giveaway a year to big business. That’s based on the amount of tax that
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George Osborne’s £10 billion a year tax giveaway to big companies
Two illustrations of the fact that tax competition does not work have come to my attention this week. The first arose in evidence given by
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