What I want for the Budget part 1: Some effective tax reforms to create tax justice in the UK
Monday, November 20th, 2017Budget week is coming. Following the Paradise Papers there will be hopes that more might be announced on steps to be taken to beat tax
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The Apple TaxApp: needed on the iTunes App store
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017Apple is issuing explanations for its tax jaunt to Jersey that are leaving people scratching their heads. There’s good reason for that: the explanations make
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The Isle of Man is still being subsidised by the UK to be a tax haven
Monday, November 6th, 2017This weekend much attention will be drawn to the use of the Isle of Man for VAT abuse. It is a story I know well,
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Tax havens are shady places made available by lawyers, accountants and bankers for those seeking to hide their money
Sunday, November 5th, 2017The so-called Paradise Papers confirm what those of us who have been looking at for tax havens for a long time have always known: which
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This morning in Holyrood; time to move on from GERS
Tuesday, September 19th, 2017I was part of a discussion at Holyrood on Scottish Economic Data this morning, which I have previously flagged, as I did the evidence submitted.
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Plan B for the Caribbean's tax havens after Irma
Sunday, September 10th, 2017Professor Mariana Mazzucato has an article in the Observer this morning in which she notes an argument that she attributes to the Tax Justice Network.
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Jersey's former finance minister used a government credit card to buy The Joy of Tax
Monday, August 21st, 2017Bailiwick Express in Jersey has an article today on the use of a States of Jersey credit card by Senator Philip Ozouf, the former finance
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Jersey: rotten to its core
Tuesday, July 4th, 2017Jersey has been found to be at serious fault with regard to child protection failures over many decades. It is staggering that Stuart Syvret, who
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Jersey is still a tax haven
Monday, March 6th, 2017This letter is in the Jersey Evening Post today: Click on the image for a larger version. As we suggest, Jersey is still a tax
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