This comes from the UK Uncut legal case: Two things stand out. First a senior member of the department made a mistake. It’s obvious
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HMRC let Goldman Sachs off tax to avoid ‘major embarrassment’ for George Osborne
The following is from UK Uncut, this morning: In the legal case against HMRC over the ‘sweetheart’ tax deal with Goldman Sachs, details have emerged
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The BBBC is up to all its usual tricks on tax havens
I have long felt the BBC should be renamed the British Business Broadcasting Corporation. I do most especially this morning. I have already noted this morning the news
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I think HMRC should realise that in all things to do with tax telling the truth pays
As the FT has reported, possibly in the context of the UK UNcut legal action today: HM Revenue & Customs has responded strongly over a
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HMRC in the High Court over Goldman Sachs ‘Sweetheart’ tax deal
Today the High Court will hear evidence in the full hearing of the legal case against HMRC over the Goldman Sachs ‘sweetheart’ tax deal. The
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NHS charges for immigrants are a simple way of opening up charging for everyone
Richard Blogger, who has quite a reputation in exposing what has been going on in NHS privatisation, left a comment on this blog yesterday that I thought worth sharing as
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Extending multilateral tax information exchange to the Cayman, the BVI and Bermuda is great news – if it’s more than a hollow gesture
It’s been announced over night that, as expected, the so called G5 tax agreement – between the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain – is
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My second FoI request of HMRC of the day
I mentioned I’d done an FoI request of HMRC earlier today. I’ve now done another: How many people employed by the Large Business Service of HMRC have
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If Reuters and the PAC have found Google has a permanent establishment in the UK then HMRC are for the high jump
The Guardian has reported, following the Reuters report to which I referred this morning, that: Google and its auditor Ernst & Young will be recalled to parliament
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