Who protects consumers from tax fraud?
Currently, the answer is: nobody Here are two examples I’ve seen in the last two days. They’re not avoidance schemes.
12 December 2023
Currently, the answer is: nobody Here are two examples I’ve seen in the last two days. They’re not avoidance schemes.
There’s a new OECD report with tax data going up to 2022. The chart above shows that, whilst many countries
I have an exciting announcement. I’m setting up a tax consultancy called “Less Tax for Investors” and will be selling
Thanks again to WeThink (formerly Omnisis), we have some new polling on the Autumn Statement. We first asked people about
There’s speculation today we might see a stamp duty/SDLT “holiday”.Apologies to all tax professionals, but I’m going to call SDLT
If I were a Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, I’d want a tax system that delivers growth and doesn’t hold
In the last few months we may have given the impression that someone earning £50k, with three children under 18,
The UK’s high marginal tax rates on people earning £50k are a disincentive to work. They’re made worse by the
The Law Society has played an exemplary role in calling for libel law reform to prevent abusive SLAPPs – “strategic
Baroness Mone introduced a company, PPE Medpro, to the “VIP fast lane” for supplying PPE to the Government during the
The FT ran a fascinating story yesterday about a dispute between HMRC and some ISA platforms over whether the ISA
The “carried interest loophole” means private equity executives pay tax at the low, low, capital gains rate of 28%, and
Raising corporation tax to 25% will take the effective rate to the highest it’s ever been in the UK, and
There are a surprising number of people still promoting tax avoidance schemes. Of course, they say they’re not tax avoidance
Until we get clear answers, it’s reasonable to assume the Sunaks are using an offshore trust to avoid £100m+ of
The OECD tax database has data on inheritance tax systems across the world, and we can use that to plot
I posted some charts yesterday on how the UK tax system compares to other countries when we look at tax
We now have the latest OECD tax data, showing tax as a percentage of GDP across the developed world. The
Following our report on Property118, landlords have been getting in contact and asking what they should be doing. Tax Policy
The Sunday Times has a remarkable story that Lord Sugar tried to avoid tax by leaving the UK for Australia.