Trump gave top US firms staggering tax cuts, with some paying $0 or less – report
Among lowest taxpayers were companies whose CEOs have become high-profile advocates for corporate social responsibility
If you hate Amazon, blame Rishi Sunak
David Mitchell
The online giant’s vast storage unit on the M1 is a logistical miracle – it’s a pity the lax-on-tax PM has spoiled the view
HMRC investigations of wealthy ‘tax dodgers’ halve in five years
The drop in civil inquiries by fraud unit sparks criticism that the authority’s use of its powers of enforcement are waning
January 2024
HMRC has not charged a single company over tax evasion under landmark legislation
Powers bestowed by the Criminal Finances Act 2017 are not being used effectively, say critics
A tax evasion law not publicly enforced may as well not exist
Dan Neidle
If HMRC doesn’t prosecute under the The Criminal Finances Act then big corporations won’t bother to comply with it
What do the rich really think about a wealth tax? Not what you might imagine
Caroline Knowles
When even some of the rich are warming to taxes on wealth, why is the Labour party still reluctant to propose them, asks sociologist Caroline Knowles
December 2023
The Guardian view on a UN treaty: stop rich nations acting like the tax havens they condemn
Editorial: Developing countries are right to want to fight illicit financial flows and combat aggressive tax strategies that rob them of cash they need
US multinationals underpaid £5.6bn in tax in UK last year, HMRC believes
Total of £11.5bn in missing tax from foreign companies is suspected for 2022-23, according to UHY Hacker Young
UK to remain global centre of ‘dirty money’ without offshore registers, MPs say
MPs say plans for corporate public ownership disclosure in Britain’s overseas territories must be revived
November 2023
Push to give UN more say on global tax rules likely to stumble at vote
US, EU and UK expected to reject motion by African countries frustrated at OECD efforts to reform international taxation
October 2023
EU-funded report calls for wealth of super-rich to be taxed, not income
UK lost out on £2bn in tax in 2021 as big tech shifted profits abroad, claim campaigners
September 2023
HMRC prosecutes just 11 wealthy individuals in the past year
Critics are demanding more action after charges brought by the service against rich taxpayers fall by two-thirds since 2018
June 2023
‘I’m embarrassed about how horribly overpaid I was’: tax campaigner Dan Neidle
The former head of UK tax at Clifford Chance says he is now free to expose wrongdoing and unfairness
May 2023
Tax firm run by SNP’s auditors accused of potentially running avoidance scheme
Company challenged over advice that one expert says will enable families to avoid paying tax on private school fees
April 2023
King Charles urged to push for breakup of UK’s ‘network of satellite tax havens’
Tax Justice Network says monarch can lead push to revamp laws allowing ‘industrial scale avoidance’ totalling £152bn a year
Starmer attacks Sunak for ‘putting other people’s taxes up so his can stay low’
Labour leader accuses prime minister of refusing to tackle ‘his beloved non-dom status’
The Guardian view on the PM’s family finances: out of touch with reality
Editorial: Rishi Sunak doesn’t merely look aloof – he appears to think the rules don’t apply to him
March 2023
Hunger, neglect, unnecessary sedation: this is reality inside profit-hungry UK care homes
Leandra Ashton
We can’t look away any longer, says Leandra Ashton, co-founder of the People’s Care Watchdog
February 2023
India accuses BBC of tax evasion amid Modi documentary row
Country’s finance ministry claims broadcaster has not fully declared its income and profits