Majority of British public want David Cameron to act on the tax havens, poll shows
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016I am pleased to share this Global Witness press release: A ComRes poll commissioned by Christian Aid and Global Witness and carried out immediately before
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Google's tax deal is another HMRC big business disaster
Friday, January 22nd, 2016In a slight twist to my planned Friday evening the BBC called me a little before eight tonight to ask if I minded being on
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HMRC's new quarterly accounting proposals are just wrong and could backfire badly
Friday, December 11th, 2015There is some anger in the tax profession at the creation of a strict liability offence for offshore tax evasion at present, but if I
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Dan Hind on The Joy of Tax
Saturday, November 28th, 2015The following review, by Dan Hind, was first published in the Whistleblower Edition of Tax Justice Focus and is reproduced here with permission: Book Review The
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If only Greece was a company this crisis would be over in days
Wednesday, July 1st, 2015It is almost bizarre to note that the Guardian is carrying a story this morning that says Greece’s debt is unpayable whatever happens now. This
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There is no case for tax: only a case for what tax can do for us
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015Janan Ganesh is in typically trenchant form in the FT this morning arguing that, in the context of the Labour Party’s policies: By international standards,
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What we need is a long term fair tax plan
Saturday, March 21st, 2015This 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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Financing the Scottish economy: my talk this morning
Thursday, March 12th, 2015I am in Crieff in Perthshire this morning to address the annual conference of COSLA – the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities. This is (give
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How can I put this subtly?
Friday, January 2nd, 2015The FT has reported that its annual survey of economists has found that: Britain faces years of steeper public borrowing, slower debt reduction and higher taxes
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