Lots of people asking about the blog comment policy. I don’t have one. I was going to disable comments, and suggest people instead respond on Twitter, but some people thought comments could be useful for longer-form responses (and allegedly some people aren’t on Twitter). So I’ve enabled them for now, moderated for boring legal reasons, and will see how it goes. If the comments section becomes a ghost town I’ll remove it.
Untaxing on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
I’m presenting and co-writing a new short Radio 4 series, Untaxing. It’s about how tax affects our lives: from the Laffer Curve, to the…
Tax Policy Associates – the plan for 2023
2022 was fun. Here’s the plan for 2023, in rough order of priority: Definitely Probably Maybe Never And Have a great Christmas/Channukah and New…
Who am I? Why am I here?
So I was and remain thankful for all the opportunities Clifford Chance gave me, but after almost 25 years I felt it was time…
The UK tax calculator that shows you what you’re really paying
This calculator shows your take-home pay after tax and National Insurance, in Scotland or the rest of the UK. It covers pensions, child benefit,…
Did Manchester City cheat HMRC out of £12m?
Manchester City’s rule-breaking may go beyond football. The independent Commission found that the club inflated its income, concealed expenses and paid a key individual…
A £2.6bn lobbyist fairytale: economic consultancy Cebr sold VAT-free shopping as a tax cut that pays for itself
The retail lobby wants tourists to be able to claim a VAT refund for their UK shopping. So they commissioned Cebr to produce a…
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