Tax policy

Press watch: Barclays 'risks backlash'

‘Barclays has been warned that its reputation is being "tarnished" by the persistent use of "complicated financial structures" to boost…
6 Feb 2012

Economics focus: Living with the law of large numbers

Government debt has doubled in a few years to more than £1 trillion. David Smith considers how worried we should be.
1 Feb 2012

Reviewing the length of the UK tax code

Caroline Turnbull-Hall and Richard Thomas of the Office of Tax Simplification consider whether the tax code is really as long as everyone thinks it is.
1 Feb 2012

UK tax code is shorter and probably simpler than it seems, says OTS

The UK’s tax legislation runs to fewer than 5,500 pages and almost half of it has been rewritten in a…
1 Feb 2012

EC to refer UK to Court of Justice over tax paid under mistake of law

The EC has decided to refer the UK to the EU's Court of Justice for ‘abolishing the "remedy for repayment…
1 Feb 2012

India’s top judges uphold ‘genuine strategic tax planning’

The decision of India’s Supreme Court in favour of Vodafone on 20 January is a ‘landmark decision’ for the foreign…
31 Jan 2012

Minister urges caution as peers denounce ‘socially useless’ tax avoidance

The tax avoidance question is ‘critical’, particularly in the current economic situation, but the subject should be kept in perspective,…
27 Jan 2012

Press watch: Clegg calls for ‘further and faster’ tax cuts

‘George Osborne is considering tax cuts for low and middle earners in his March Budget in an attempt to kick-start…
26 Jan 2012

Press watch: ‘Obama puts tax at heart of election’

‘Barack Obama laid down the battle lines for the presidential election Tuesday night as he promised a “fairer” tax regime…
25 Jan 2012

Reduce tax breaks for the well-off, says OECD

Governments forced to re-think tax and benefit systems should take the opportunity to address inequality and growth issues simultaneously, the…
25 Jan 2012