Tax Dodging

Tax Havens - Who Pays The Price?

Alex Prats | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK
Alex Prats

'Tax haven' may increasingly be a term of abuse but for multinationals, they remain extremely popular places to have subsidiaries. With their low tax rates and high secrecy, their financial benefits outweigh their reputational risks.

Accountancy Firms Using 'Insider Knowledge' From Treasury To Dodge Tax

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Politics

Big accountancy firms are using "insider knowledge" gained from Treasury staff to help companies and wealthy individuals avoid paying UK taxes. The...

Stars 'Using Offshore Trusts And Tax Havens' To Avoid Tax

PA | Posted 05.09.2012 | UK

Celebrities and corporations are using offshore trusts, tax havens or wives and civil partners to avoid paying their fair share of tax, according to a...

MPs Get It Right On Tax And Poverty

Rachel Baird | Posted 23.10.2012 | UK Politics
Rachel Baird

Those of us who campaign for the powerful to pay their taxes are delighted with the cross-party MPs' report because it sets out the shocking facts on tax and poverty with admirable clarity. It also calls on the Government to stop making excuses and get on with helping poor countries collect the taxes they're owed.

Tax Dodging: It's Time to Widen the UK Debate

Rachel Baird | Posted 30.09.2012 | UK
Rachel Baird

If the UK government is actually serious about tackling tax dodging, then it should be working with other countries to tackle the international dimensions of the problem, as well as chasing relatively esay, media-friendly villains such as tradesmen and 'cowboy' tax advisers in the UK.

Time for Tax Dodging Multinationals to Learn From Jimmy Carr

Joe Ware | Posted 22.08.2012 | UK Politics
Joe Ware

Good for Jimmy Carr. In the face of a national outcry and a Twitterstorm of protest at revelations that he uses tax havens to pay as little as 1% income tax, the acid tongued comedian has seen the error of his ways and apologised.

'A Rogue Case Appears To Be Commonplace': Whitehall Tax Deals Revealed

PA | Posted 03.05.2012 | UK

More than 2,000 senior public officials benefit from controversial pay deals that allow them to slash personal tax bills, an official review has revea...

Osborne 'Shocked' Over Millionaire Tax Dodgers

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK Politics

George Osborne has described being "shocked" to discover that some of the wealthiest people in the country pay "virtually no" income tax. The Chanc...

The Most Intimidating Poem in the World

Pete Speller | Posted 14.05.2012 | Home
Pete Speller

Yesterday in Westminster magistrates court another nine defendants from the mass arrest at Fortnum & Mason's a year ago were found guilty of intending...

Cosy And Concerning: The Relationship Between The Taxman And Big Business

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 20.12.2011 | UK Politics

HMRC are giving "cosy", preferential treatment to larger companies while putting public money at risk, an influential committee of MPs have warned. ...

Governments Sweet Deals With Tax Dodging Firms Could Be Probed

PA | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK Politics

Former judge Sir Andrew Park has been lined up to investigate deals by tax authorities to waive millions of pounds off unpaid company bills. He wil...

The One Million, the FTSE 100 and the 99%

Melanie Ward | Posted 17.01.2012 | UK Politics
Melanie Ward

The chorus of voices in protest is growing. How loud will it have to get before we see some change?