by Chris White | Dec 2, 2025
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...
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 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...
by Chris White | Jul 4, 2025
After years of attempts at reform, offshore havens still offer secrecy for those determined to hide money and evade tax. In a week when five of the UK’s Overseas Territories have ignored yet another deadline for functioning ‘beneficial ownership’...
by Mike Lewis | Jun 11, 2025
Responding to today’s Comprehensive Spending Review (Wednesday 11 June 2025), TaxWatch Director Mike Lewis said: With the Chancellor’s commitment to paying for day-to-day spending only through tax receipts, shrinking the £40 billion tax gap and £38...
