Big corporates: tax heroes or tax sinners?

Big corporates: tax heroes or tax sinners?

by | Feb 27, 2026

Today the National Audit Office (NAO) publishes its first assessment in over a decade of how effectively HMRC is chasing the missing tax revenues of Britain’s biggest companies. TaxWatch was pleased to give evidence to the NAO’s enquiry, whose headline...
Are small businesses tax dodgers or tax victims?

Are small businesses tax dodgers or tax victims?

by | Feb 12, 2026

Parliament’s Business and Trade Committee argues in its latest report, released yesterday, that tax compliance is crushing small businesses. Aside from concerns about tax levels and thresholds (about which there is much more to say, especially regarding VAT and...
Recognising the right tax heroes

Recognising the right tax heroes

by | Feb 2, 2026

On Saturday the Sunday Times published its annual ‘Tax List’ – the celebratory counterpart to its better known ‘Rich List’, claiming to list the people that are the country’s top individual taxpayers. As in previous years, the list has fueled claims that millionaires...
MPs ask tough questions about closing the tax gap

MPs ask tough questions about closing the tax gap

by | Jan 14, 2026

  Yesterday (13 January) Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee grilled HMRC’s chief and senior staff about their efforts to tackle tax avoidance, evasion and debt.  MPs referenced TaxWatch research and investigations in questions about corporate tax reliefs,...