HMRC now know how much international tax they're not being paid
Monday, December 11th, 2023The Guardian reports this morning that: US multinationals underpaid £5.6bn in tax in the UK last year, HM Revenue & Customs believes, according to a
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The Resolution Foundation’s proposed method for ending stagnation would deliver a massive recession instead
Saturday, December 9th, 2023For reasons I am not sure of, I missed the publication by the Resolution Foundation of its report entitled ‘Built to last: Towards a sustainable
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We can use private capital for public benefit
Thursday, December 7th, 2023I was asked this question on the blog last night and, to be candid, was just too tired by the time I finished work to
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There is a way out of stagnation. Its not hard to work out. It could be delivered. But first of all we have to care about each other. Is that possible?
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023Martin Wolf has a column in the FT this morning that is headlined: He does not answer the question as to what the solution is.
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The government's desire to have access to the bank accounts of every benefit claimant - including pensioners - whilst refusing to take powers to tackle tax abuse - reveals malicious intent on their part
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023This speech was made by Labour backbench Sir Stephen Timms in the House of Commons on 29 November during a debate on the government’s new
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Why we do not need a wealth tax - but need to tax the income earned from wealth a great deal more
Monday, December 4th, 2023Many organisations on the left of UK politics are now calling for wealth taxes. The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 does not do so. It is
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Sunak: so wrong
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023Politics Home reported yesterday: Rishi Sunak has said “climate politics is close to breaking point” and that targets must be reached in a way that
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Accounting Streams
Friday, December 1st, 2023I believe in full disclosure here, so it is appropriate to note that I am a director of this new company, which was incorporated yesterday:
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UK taxes paid by type 2022-23
Friday, December 1st, 2023I write this as part of the background data for the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 that I am now working on and thought it worth
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