by Mike Lewis | Apr 30, 2026
Full report Executive summary A UK company which forms part of one of the world’s largest oil trading multinationals, and which handles much of its oil trading business, has since 2009 been paying four-fifths of its operating profits to a related company in the Swiss...
by Mike Lewis | Nov 26, 2025
Budget’s third-largest tax pledge relies on UK tax authority that is suffering from recruitment delays and unfinished IT systems Just 26 of 6,700 extra compliance/debt staff promised by Chancellor are so far in post Decision to retain tax on digital...
by Mike Lewis | Nov 19, 2025
What is Rachel Reeves’ second-biggest revenue-raising policy so far? As well as being a question for the most niche pub quiz ever, It’s something that would be near-impossible to guess from the public debate in the run up to this year’s Autumn...
by Mike Lewis | Nov 19, 2025
Full report HMRC is under pressure. Generational demands on key areas of public spending from defence to social care to special educational needs; a Treasury adhering to strict fiscal rules on borrowing; and a government struggling to minimize breaches of its...
by Mike Lewis | Nov 5, 2025
Read full analysis A tax deal for US multinationals backed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves could potentially hand US companies a $40 billion annual tax break next year, including around $6 billion for US tech giants, according to new analysis from TaxWatch. The UK...