Jimmy Carr Tax Avoidance

Stewart Lee On Jimmy Carr: 'The Public Need To Get Fed Up With Standups'

The Guardian | Posted 10.07.2012 | UK Comedy

The furore over Jimmy Carr's tax avoidance could spark a much-needed shakedown of standup comedy, Stewart Lee has said. The comedian also raised th...

Boyle Hits Back On Tax

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.08.2012 | UK

Comedian Frankie Boyle came out fighting over his tax arrangements on Saturday after they were called into question. The Daily Mail said the entert...

Stop Cheating Taxpayers, Alexander Tells Wealthy

PA | Posted 24.06.2012 | UK

The basic rate of tax could be slashed by at least 2p if people paid more of what they owe, Danny Alexander has said. The Treasury chief secretary ...

The Week That Was: A Taxing Subject

Carla Buzasi | Posted 23.08.2012 | UK
Carla Buzasi

David Cameron has done his best to make many things fashionable since becoming PM. Who'd have thought it would be U-Turns that took off as the trend de jour? So of-the-moment, even comedians are adding them to their box of tricks. I'm sure this time last week the Labour-supporting Jimmy Carr didn't envisage himself becoming a poster-boy for the movement, but a few misplaced comments about tax avoidance can do that for a man.

Carr's Tax Avoidance Saga Continues

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 23.06.2012 | UK

Comedian Jimmy Carr faces a long road back to normality as his tax avoidance scandal carried on after he was heckled at a gig and his father accused h...

Olympic Cyclist Defends Tax Scheme

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.06.2012 | UK

Sir Chris Hoy has defended his tax arrangements after it was reported that he received a loan from his own company. Hoy, who won three gold medals ...

Tax Dodgers of the World Unite? Not Anymore

John Wight | Posted 21.08.2012 | UK Politics
John Wight

Imagine being Jimmy Carr right now, your face plastered all over the nation's media as public enemy number one, revealed as the latest in a rogue's gallery of greedy bastards who'd employed a tax avoidance scheme to ensure his tax burden was lighter than a fly's wing.

Satire, Hypocrisy and the Jimmy Carr Furore

Andrea Mann | Posted 19.08.2012 | UK Comedy
Andrea Mann

Although he'd never been a particularly political comedian, Jimmy Carr's role as a 10 O'Clock Live presenter moved him - whether he liked it or not, and presumably he did - into the realm of satire.

'The 1% Tax Scam': Scheme For The Wealthy Exposed

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 19.06.2012 | UK

HMRC have said they are working to "ensure a level playing field for all taxpayers" after reports of a tax avoidance scheme which allows 1,100 Britons...

WATCH: Did Jimmy Carr Follow His Own Advice?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.06.2012 | UK Comedy

UPDATE: Jimmy Carr apologises for "error of judgement" over tax affairs According to The Times, Jimmy Carr is among thousands of wealthy British pe...