Why the rich paid less tax in the 1970s – despite 98% tax rates
It’s sometimes said that we should go back to the tax system of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, with very
8 May 2025
It’s sometimes said that we should go back to the tax system of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, with very
It wasn’t mentioned in the Chancellor’s speech, but the Spring Statement papers contain a major suite of anti-tax avoidance proposals,
OneE made £10 million selling doomed R&D tax schemes – leaving investors with nothing and taxpayers footing the bill. Here’s
A firm called Arka Wealth have widely promoted a tax scheme which they claim avoids all corporate tax, income tax,
This is an updated version of an article first published in 2023. What’s the very short answer? It’s this: (click
Companies associated with the struck-off solicitor, convicted fraudster, bankrupt, pornographer, and negligent tax avoidance scheme promoter Paul Baxendale-Walker continue to
The UK loses £1bn each year to fraudulent claims for research and development (R&D) tax relief. We revealed last week
BBC Merseyside is reporting on a ludicrous attempt to avoid business rates using snails. It is so stupid that I
We’ve been investigating a Belize company called GCWealth. It says its offshore trusts can eliminate tax on your assets, and
Tens of thousands of people (including me!) just received this email from Property118, attaching a rather scary HMRC “stop notice”
We have previously reported on a high profile unregulated firm called “Property118”, which promoted a series of landlord tax avoidance
We wrote last month about Paul Baxendale-Walker, the former barrister and solicitor who helped create the “loan schemes” that cost
Paul Baxendale-Walker is probably the UK’s most notorious tax avoidance scheme promoter. He’s the former barrister and solicitor who helped
Some people on social media are convinced that Jeremy Hunt avoided tax when he bought seven flats through a company
All three political parties say they can raise £5bn or more from cracking down on tax avoidance and evasion. How
Robert Venables KC has a reputation for providing tax avoidance scheme promoters with convenient opinions that their schemes work. The
An unknown individual is trying to keep their tax avoidance scheme, and resultant dispute with HMRC, private. They attempted to
A very strange High Court decision was just published – Webster v HMRC. It reveals that an unknown person or
Last year we revealed an inept and dangerous landlord tax avoidance scheme promoted by Property118 and Cotswold Barristers. They responded
Less Tax for Landlords and The Bailey Group sold a landlord tax avoidance scheme involving an LLP “hybrid partnership”. We