Today UKUncut protesters took part in a national action involving over forty Starbucks demanding that they end the practice of using front companies in Switzerland and Ireland to outsource their profits in order not to pay corporation tax despite making large amounts of money from UK outlets. In Camden Lock […]
Four Mayoral candidates were on LBC this morning when a squabble over Boris and Ken’s tax affairs. Unedifying to say the least. Reports say that the pair continued to bicker after the show, including foul mouthed rants in the lift. Fuller story in the BBC, Guardian and Total Politics.
Jim Jepps wonders whether the imposition of 20% VAT on hot take away food has disorientated the evening Standard’s news desk. The imposition of VAT on hot take away snacks is a serious issue for pie eaters everywhere and the humble pasty has become the emblem of the struggle […]
Today’s Evening Standard has a surprising double page spread. Entitled “Never too young to avoid tax” it gives us helpful advice on how to reduce our tax bills through the use of a JISA. To think it’s just days since the paper was condemning Ken Livingstone for (legally) reducing his […]
It’s long been acknowledged that council big wigs are taking home astronomical sums despite the fact that the public often have no idea what they do. However one Labour MP, Margaret Hodge, has denounced the practice of using external companies to pay top council officials as a “tax avoidance scheme, which is […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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