tax evasion
The Osborne tax get-out turns aid for the poorest into a subsidy for multinationals
Last year, the UK donated £4.2bn to poor countries. Now Osborne is considering changes that will allow multinationals to avoid paying £4bn to poor countries.
It wos the Sun wot couldn’t do maths: Prioritising benefit frauds when tax fraud is 10x worse
Why on earth would the Sun focus on benefit fraud rather than tax avoidance, asks Alex Hern. Could it be because of the actions of their proprietor, one R. Murdoch Esq?
Tax isn’t taxing when you’re Goldman Sachs
Alex Hern writes about the public accounts committee’s report on tax collection and HMRC’s dealings with big businesses, letting them off the hook.
$3.1 trillion lost to tax evasion globally; cost to Britain: £69.9 billion
New research today from the Tax Justice Network reveals tax evasion costs 145 countries, representing over 98 per cent of global GDP, US$3.1 trillion a year.
Taking on the tax havens
Chris Jordan, a tax justice campaigner at Action Aid, writes about taking on the tax havens.
Nomination for most influential left-wing thinker of 2010/11: Richard Murphy
James Leppard writes on why Richard Murphy is the most influential left-winger of the year.