This notice was published via the Stock Exchange yesterday: The summary of that is that a company is to provide backing for a legal claim
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HM Revenue & Customs is not fit for purpose
This comes from my paper on a future tax system for Scotland, but since it explains why HM Revenue & Customs does not provide a
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Bitcoin is just a gamble. That’s it. There is nothing more to it.
I have, for a long time, been deeply cynical about Bitcoin. There are good reasons to be so. The first is the so-called production process. Not
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A boom? Really? You have to be wildly optimistic to think it likely
I wasn’t surprised by this report on the BBC website: Consumers are likely to play safe as the UK emerges from lockdown rather than spend
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A note to all existing subscribers – and those who want to subscribe to the blog
This is an admin to all existing subscribers to the Tax Research UK email list. The software used for the existing email listing is ceasing
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We have to hope that the Fed, Bank of England and ECB continue to believe in fiscal support and low-interest rates. The alternative is an economic disaster.Â
Martin Wolf weighed in on the inflation debate in the FT yesterday. Having had his customary dig at modern monetary theory, on which it seems
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Scotland needs a new tax system
As The National newspaper in Scotland reports this morning: IN the fifth Scottish Independence Convention Transition Paper — Tax Policy For An Independent Scotland —
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We need to tax millionaires more
The Guardian has reported this morning that: A group calling themselves the Patriotic Millionaires have gathered outside the homes Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man,
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Why are we suffering a bout of inflation speculation? Because the hedge funds are profiting from it. That’s why.
The FT has launched a new email alert on hedge funds and markets today. In the launch mail it said this: Last week was a
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