Are small businesses tax dodgers or tax victims?

Are small businesses tax dodgers or tax victims?

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...
A year of drift on offshore secrecy

A year of drift on offshore secrecy

Last week’s Budget underscored the government’s struggles to balance the books without raising taxes or cutting services. Yet one source of lost revenue – offshore tax evasion – remains persistently under-policed and under-discussed. It appeared...