The IASB doesn't buy incidence
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008I am amused by this. It comes from the Exposure draft of Chapter 1 of the new Conceptual Framework issued by both the International Accounting
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Why a windfall tax on energy companies?
Thursday, August 28th, 2008The arguments for a windfall tax on energy companies are complex. I am in favour of such a tax at this time. In forming that
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IFS want to replace corporation tax with VAT
Thursday, August 14th, 2008In really haven’t given the IFS enough attention of late. In June they issued a press release saying this: Corporation tax should be reformed or
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Economics is humbug!
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008That is not the title of Simon Jenkin’s article in the Guardian today, but it could be. My favourite bit is this: I was always
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Who will pay corporation tax? That is the question
Monday, June 9th, 2008It’s interesting to note that there are two camps who want to attack my work on the Tax Gap. First there’s the camp who say:
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The Tax Gap methodology is valid
Friday, June 6th, 2008There’s a chap called Tim Worstall who writes a blog and who seems pretty fixated on what I write. The difficulty for Tim Worstall (who,
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Taxing UK profits
Friday, June 6th, 2008The committee set up by Alastair Darling to consider the future of corporation tax, and in particular the taxation of foreign profits, meets for the
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 5th
Friday, June 6th, 2008These are my links for June 5th: Grasping Reality with Both Hands: The Semi-Daily Journal Economist Brad DeLong – Another informed attack on the tax
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Corporation tax cust will not boost the economy
Thursday, June 5th, 2008It seems appropriate to draw your attention to a new report from the Washington-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Corporation tax rates in the
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