HMRC
Making Tax Difficult: another Whitehall farce
Welcome to the new tax year, with its overflowing hamper of half-baked, growth-eating, enterprise-crushing Labour measures. And if you happen…
The taxman is coming for the self-employed
Spare a thought for Mrs McClafferty & Co. Like thousands of small business owners, she has spent years managing things…
Real life
‘I’d like my money back please’ was what I was waiting to tell British Gas, if they ever stopped the…
The government isn’t taking the risk of contact tracing fraud seriously
Experts have a get-out clause of which politicians can only dream when they are speaking from the podium at press briefings.…
How do you define tax avoidance?
On the face of it, the moral case against tax avoidance seems pretty straightforward. If you’re a UK taxpayer and…
Apollodorus on tax avoidance
The taxman will soon be ordering those planning dodgy tax avoidance schemes to declare them beforehand and pay the full…
The Spectator’s Notes
David Cameron is said to want a woman to be chairman of the BBC Trust, now that Chris Patten has…
Turn down those token directorships, girls, and tell them you want to be chairman
Last Saturday was International Women’s Day, but we celebrated early in Helmsley when my Yorkshire home town was featured in…
