Private justice, public loss

Private justice, public loss

by | 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...
Naming and shaming isn’t working

Naming and shaming isn’t working

by | Apr 8, 2026

There are different reasons for not paying due tax: from genuine mistakes to criminal fraud. At the more serious end of the scale is evading tax liabilities on purpose. Deliberately providing HMRC with inaccurate or false information. Deliberately failing to tell them...
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...
State of Tax Administration 2025

State of Tax Administration 2025

by | 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...