by Alex Dunnagan | Oct 18, 2020
18th October 2020 How EON Productions, the studio behind the James Bond films, has minimised UK tax for decades whilst receiving tens of millions of pounds in subsidy from the UK tax payer Introduction The British production company behind the hugely successful James...
by Alex Dunnagan | Aug 5, 2020
5th August 2020 Landlord tax evasion costing up to £1.7bn a year Summary Tax evasion by residential landlords could be costing the Treasury up to £1.73 billion a year, a new analysis by TaxWatch has found. This is more than three times the amount reported for 2010,...
by George Turner | Aug 4, 2020
4th August 2020 Introduction and summary HMRC have alleged that General Electric fraudulently obtained a tax advantage in the UK worth US$1bn by failing to disclose documents relating to the group’s financing arrangements. The allegations revolve around the financing...
by Alex Dunnagan | Jun 16, 2020
Monitoring the bailout 16 June 2020 – Alex Dunnagan In response to the Coronavirus crisis, the government has made a huge and unprecedented intervention into the economy, providing vast amounts of assistance to the business sector. The comprehensive nature of...
by George Turner | May 11, 2020
11th May 2020 Summary There has been substantial public concern that companies that engage in tax avoidance and companies owned by tax exiles will be eligible for government support – despite those companies and individuals having chosen to not pay into the...
by George Turner | Jan 14, 2020
14th January 2020 Key facts and figures: $1.2bn – Global profit of Netflix in 2018 Up to $430m – profit from international operations moved into tax havens in 2018 €48m – amount of revenue reported by Netflix’s main UK company, Netflix UK Services in 2018. £860m...