From the Guardian business website just now: And you wonder why I have my doubts about Osborne’s recovery?
It’s time for Labour to make a fuss on tax avoidance
Polly Toynbee’s written this in the Guardian this morning: Now is the time for Labour to make a lot more noise on tax avoidance. Osborne
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The tale of the 1% is writ large in the fortunes of the UK’s self-employed people
My report on the incomes of the self-employed in the UK, published this morning, provides a remarkable insight into the differing fortunes of the 1% or
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The fast disappearing income of the UK’s self-employed
A couple of weeks ago I started to prepare what I thought would be a quick blog on the differences between HMRC and ONS data
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Venn diagrams for our times: the Tory view on starting salaries
Less than 1% of tax avoidance will be stopped under the General Anti-Abuse Rule
As the TUC noted this afternoon: The conclusion is based on HMRC data, but also on a report by me on the General Anti-Abuse Rule. As
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It’s time to reform charity tax relief
The Public Accounts Committee is having a hearing on Gift Aid this afternoon. I made my views on this known a year or so ago. As
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Was Thatcher a non-dom? It would explain the house held by an offshore trust
As the Mirror reported this weekend: Flag-waving former PM Margaret Thatcher may have avoided millions in inheritance tax by keeping a chunk of her fortune
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