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 | Oct 7, 2021
7th October 2021 US Government set to raise 3x more than rest of the world combined in tax payments from four tech companies after Global Tax Deal Raising Global Minimum Tax to 21% would see US Government raise an extra $2.5bn in tax from Apple alone Summary and...
by George Turner | Sep 27, 2021
27th September 2021 Analysis shows that tech giants would pay less in taxation in market jurisdictions under G7 global tax deal than under current digital services taxes. Proposals put forward by the G24 group of nations ahead of next month’s crucial meeting of the...
by George Turner | Sep 16, 2021
16th September 2021 The Tax Gap Attributable to Fraud was at least £15.2bn in 2019/20 At least 43% of tax losses arise from fraudulent behaviour Executive Summary HMRC’s annual estimate of non-compliance, “the Tax Gap” is regarded by the department as an...
by Alex Dunnagan | Jul 12, 2021
12th July 2021 This report is available as a PDF here. Summary Multi-national tech giants such as Facebook, Google, and Microsoft (operating out of their Irish subsidiaries) are failing to collect VAT on sales they make in Africa – even in countries where they have...
by Alex Dunnagan | Jun 2, 2021
2nd June 2021 Introduction and Summary The UK market is an extremely important market for US based technology companies. These well known companies realise substantial sales in the UK and as such are some of the most significant economic operators in our country. For...
