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Knowledge Gap Hinders Debate

 
 
Andrew Goodall Editor of Tolley's Practical Tax Newsletter concludes his review of the Guardian's 'tax gap' series
 
A professional body has welcomed what it called an 'unprecedented level of informed coverage of tax issues' in the Guardian's recent 'tax gap' series but has indicated that it is not about to enter public debate about tax havens.
 
Nick Goulding president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) told the Guardian that the series had been of 'great interest'.
 
After a three-month investigation a team of journalists described at length legal tax avoidance strategies alleged to have been used by some major companies including Barclays WPP Diageo AstraZeneca GlaxoSmithkline and Shell. At the time of...

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