A forensic look at who pays tax, who doesn’t, and why
Is the Chancellor working from the wrong spreadsheet?
HMRC has quietly withdrawn a key set of statistics that is reportedly driving Budget decisions on how to tax wealth
Five things we’d like to see in the Budget
Five tax administration changes the Chancellor could announce that would help bring down the £60bn tax gap; make sure everyone pays their due taxes; and ensure that when the tax system says they don’t have to, it’s because they’re doing something we want them to do.
How many times can you move to Monaco?
Dozens of news reports are claiming that property billionaire David Reuben, number two on the UK’s Rich List, moved from London to Monaco “this summer”, pushed out by the government’s tax changes and costing the economy millions. But according to official company records and a signed 2024 court declaration obtained by TaxWatch, he’s actually been living offshore since around 2014.
Anonymous online advisers mainstreaming tax secrecy strategies for ordinary taxpayers
We’re used to thinking of offshore tax avoidance and evasion as an elite, exclusive world of Swiss bank accounts and Caribbean law firms. But increasingly it involves anonymous social media channels and online consultations offering offshore entities set up online in minutes, privacy-enhanced cryptocurrency, and multiple passports. UK regulation hasn’t caught up with this reality.