And here we see the thin dividing line between tax avoidance and evasion in sharp focus. Or, as...
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“Tax avoidance crackdowns turn into an arms race warns HMRC in 189-page report”
There has always been a (sometimes thin) dividing line between tax avoidance (legal, working...
“HMRC sends ‘nudge’ letters to crypto investors over unpaid tax”
Governments’ and regulators’ first instinct is to try to regulate everything, even the...
“Sunak faces the brutal maths of electric vehicles”
Of course, the tax breaks for electric cars are pretty good, which is why there are too many EVs...
“Labour to slash tax reliefs and hit wealthy in pursuit of balanced UK budget”
I reckon there are far more gig economy and newly or casual self-employed workers, who want to do...
“Labour leader calls for extra taxes on private landlords”
The rise of buying-to-let and the private landlord is a relatively recent thing. It happened on...
“Labour plans to raise £500m by closing fund managers’ tax loophole”
All very worthy, tax the rich, private equity capitalists, don’t fleece hard-working-families by...
“National Insurance hiked to pay for social care reforms”
The problem is that National Insurance has become, over the years, just another form of income...
“Zanzibar lures the world with new tax and residency scheme”
Zanzibar is not, of course, a member of the G7, or even the G20, so doesn’t have to worry about...
“Talking about the super wealthy feels… tacky”
The very, very, rich are as, if not more difficult to pin down and tax as the Amabucks of this...
“G7: Rich nations back deal to tax multinationals”
“Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”, a line from King Lear that I had to learn in school...
“Govt rejects Treasury committee calls on pension tax reforms”
As has been the case for the last forty years or so, lots of noise made about ditching high rate...
“Gary Lineker fights HMRC over £5m IR35 bill”
HMRC are not, in this case, targeting low-hanging fruit, but have gone to the top of the tree, as...
“Not such a taxing day, after all”
Tuesday was Tax Day, a new concept to me. It’s neither, apparently, another Budget nor an autumn...
“Stealth taxes show Rishi is a savvy operator”
Most radio and TV chatter focused on what wasn’t in the Budget. Nothing on social care, no extra...