Articles tagged Tax:
The Loan Charge Scandal: Why The Treasury Must Embark on a U-turn
- 2 Nov 2018
This article first appeared in this week’s edition of The Spectator You probably haven’t heard of the Loan Charge. I hadn’t until a couple of months ago when I told listeners of my LBC radio show that I would soon be interviewing Mel Stride, the Financial Secretary to the Tre...
How Can HMRC Defend Retrospective Taxation Going Back 20 Years?
- 13 Sep 2018
This week on my CROSS QUESTION show we had a fairly robust discussion which ended with a text question on something which on the face of it is very unfair. Thousands of self-employed people are being harassed by HMRC for thousands of pounds – in many cases tens of thousands o...
Guardian: Taxing Times
- 1 Oct 2006
Taxing times Tories want a mature debate about taxation, but the media is determined to present differing opinions as a split. As usual, the conference experienced by the representatives here in Bournemouth seems a little different to the subjects the media are obsessed ...