The Office for National Statistics published a report yesterday on the impact on wellbeing of Covid. The review covered March 2020 to April 2021 and
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Taxing multinational companies – the right way
A regular commentator on this blog asked yesterday: Given the blatant abuse by some multinational companies of their capacity to move their taxable gains for
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Inherited wealth and tax injustice
My old friend and fellow tax justice activist, Jim Henry has been busy in the US talking about an issue that is of great concern
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Why we need a corporation tax
I noted some reaction, especially on Twitter yesterday, in response to my comments on the need to support Biden’s minimum corporation tax plan. The claim
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It’s time for R&D tax relief to go, to be replaced with some old fashioned grants to back the innovation we really need
The FT has noted this morning that: The UK government’s £7.3bn research and development tax credit system is failing to deliver significant additional spending by
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So you thought it was all over? Government borrowing says otherwise
This is from data published by the Office for National Statistics this morning on public sector borrowing in April 2021: Borrowing in April was £32
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Nailing the truth twisters down
It is a year since this Tweet was posted on the official UK Civil Service Twitter account: The post did not survive online for long,
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The risk of a third wave of coronavirus with massive economic and social consequences is high and I reserve the right to say so
I attracted quite a lot of opprobrium on Twitter yesterday for raising questions on the efficiency of vaccines, and for suggesting that there is risk
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Why isn’t the government supporting a global minimum corporation tax rate?
The Daily Record has noted, along with a number of other papers, that: Labour is to stage a Commons vote to try and force the
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