One of the regular challenges I face is the suggestion that whatever changes to the tax rules are made the rich will never pay tax.
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The pleasure of blogging
I’ve got to say one of the best things I’ve decided to do in the last couple of years was to start this blog. I
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Paying NIC is no substitute for corporation tax
I’m bored by the argument created by PWC and rolled out on BBC news last night by the CBI and even by HMRC that if
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A gentle plea for calm from HM Treasury
When the government puts out a press release saying that reasoned argument is ‘ridiculous’ you know that something is wrong. That’s what they did yesterday
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Prem Sikka on the IASB
Prem Sikka has a blog column on the Guardian site. Today he argues: International accounting standards are colonialism in another guise, allowing tax avoidance while
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When the world lives in fear of progressive taxes
The was an article in the Polish press yesterday with the title: Poland’s progressive tax system could alienate investors As the story said: Finance experts
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Tax havens
Just how to define a tax haven has been a problem for some of the best tax minds. The OECD and IMF have tried, and
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One third of large companies don’t pay tax – Radio 4 pick up the theme
The theme of this morning’s article in the FT on large companies not paying tax has been picked up on Radio 4’s World at One
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Never in the field of human saving has so much been taken from so many by so few
Another front page story of significance this morning. Ashely Seagar in the Guardian reports that City bonuses have reached £14 billion this year. He suggests
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