by Alex Dunnagan | Oct 27, 2022
27th October 2022 How ‘legal avoidance’ means getting away with tax fraud, and what needs to be done about it A joint policy paper by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax and TaxWatch Introduction Tax avoidance is legal, tax evasion...
by Alex Dunnagan | Oct 27, 2022
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax and TaxWatch have published a joint report outlining how supposedly ‘legal’ tax avoidance could actually be prosecuted as tax fraud. The report explains that there exists a serious enforcement...
by Alex Dunnagan | Feb 11, 2022
11th February 2022 Introduction This is the first of what is to become an annual TaxWatch report on the state of tax administration in the UK. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs carry out a vital role in administering and enforcing the tax system, and with...
by Alex Dunnagan | Feb 11, 2022
TaxWatch is today launching its annual report which seeks to provide an independent analysis of the performance of the government in carrying out the vital role of administering and enforcing the tax system. The report draws together a number of facts and figures from...
by Alex Dunnagan | Dec 29, 2021
UK Government has announced an extra £510m boost to DWP to fight benefits fraud following the pandemic. This is in addition to £103m already announced in the spending review HMRC spending £155m to tackle covid related fraud TaxWatch estimates the increase in benefits...