by Mike Lewis | Oct 17, 2025
A single large pharmaceutical company has received a £3.4 billion tax cut – including £486 million in 2024 alone – from a little-scrutinised tax incentive which is supposed to stimulate innovation and jobs in the UK, even though that company has cut UK...
by Mike Lewis | Sep 11, 2025
Read full briefing As US President Donald Trump prepares to fly into the UK next week for his second state visit, big tech and tax are almost certainly on the agenda. It’s been reported that the bosses of Apple and OpenAI will join Trump’s delegation, and...
by Mike Lewis | Sep 6, 2025
Now that the Ethics Adviser’s report is in on the Rt Hon Angela Rayner’s tax error, one thing is clear: tax advice is complicated. Because the tax system is complicated, and life is complicated. Although there’s no suggestion that the firms in this case...
by Mike Lewis | Aug 29, 2025
The UK is in a fiscal tight spot. The Chancellor has promised to raise an additional £7.5 billion over the next four years by boosting HMRC compliance efforts. The Autumn Budget is likely to see more measures intended to make this number go up: perhaps extra...
by Mike Lewis | Aug 7, 2025
Summary: UK ministers last month hailed five of the UK’s Overseas Territories for putting in place searchable registers to reveal who really owns companies in their territory – a key tool against tax evasion, money laundering and other illicit financial activities....
