It’s good to see that the Indian government is pressing ahead with its general anti-avoidance rule, or General Anti-Avoidance Principle as I prefer to think
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It isn’t me
I note from the FT that there’s a big spy scandal out there. And to get in before my far right friends do — the
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Inequality and crisis
From Paul Krugman, a slide show exploring the links between inequality and this crisis. Well worth reading and reflecting on. Especially by those who like
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Over at TJN
There are so many good blogs over at Tax Justice Network I can’t summarise them all. But I do recommend the following as well worth
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What is the tax gap?
Tax Research agrees with the definition of the Tax Gap produced by the Large Business Services of HM Revenue & Customs in 2005, reproduced
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If the HMRC tax gap data was right why did George Osborne so obviously contradict it in his budget speech?
As recently noted, discussion of the UK tax gap has recently taken place in the House of Commons. The Exchequer secretary, David Gauke MP, robustly
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The tax gap – why have HM Revenue & Customs got it so wrong, and what should be done about it now?
On June 16 a debate took place in parliament on the UK tax gap. Initiated by Lib Dem MP John Pugh a number of speakers
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If evidence were needed that markets misprice, now you have it
Markets misprice: fact. Just look at the fact that some enormously overpaid footballers have been humiliated over the last couple of weeks by a succession
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Have no doubt about it – the private sector is going to be battered by ConDem cuts – and the result will be recession
George Osborne’s belief is that if the state sector is scaled back the private sector will rush to fill the vacuum. That’s why he’s willing
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