The reform of business tax - how you can help me
David Martin enjoyed a career spanning 23 years as a tax lawyer within a large City Law Firm, latterly as Head of the Tax Department, before retiring in 2002. During that time he advised both company and individual clients. In a new series of four blogs, he looks at simplification ...Business tax reform - considering the problems and risks
David Martin enjoyed a career spanning 23 years as a tax lawyer within a large City Law Firm, latterly as Head of the Tax Department, before retiring in 2002. During that time he advised both company and individual clients. In a new series of four blogs, he looks at simplification ...The Tax Base For Business - Profit
David Martin enjoyed a career spanning 23 years as a tax lawyer within a large City Law Firm, latterly as Head of the Tax Department, before retiring in 2002. During that time he advised both company and individual clients. In a new series of four blogs, he looks at simplification ...Tax reform - taxing a business
David Martin enjoyed a career spanning 23 years as a tax lawyer within a large City Law Firm, latterly as Head of the Tax Department, before retiring in 2002. During that time he advised both company and individual clients. In a new series of four blogs, he looks at simplification ...Tax Simplifier 36: Tax simplification - why and how
The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change. This is the final blog in the series. Read David's previous blog on the economic benefits of tax simplification. You can follow David on Twitter @TaxSimplifier.The previous Blog addressed the economic benefits of reform. But ...Tax Simplifier 35: Tax simplification - economic benefits
The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change. Blogs are published twice a week, on Monday and Thursday. Read David's previous blog on the principles of simplification. You can follow David on Twitter @TaxSimplifier.HMRC costs about £4bn per year to run. The ...Tax Simplifier 34: Transition to a simpler system - the principles
The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change. Blogs are published twice a week, on Monday and Thursday. Read David's previous blog on tax boundaries. You can follow David on Twitter @TaxSimplifier.A fundamental issue to be confronted on achieving substantial tax reform ...Tax Simplifier 33: Too many pieces in the tax jigsaw!
The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change. Blogs are published twice a week, on Monday and Thursday. Read David's previous blog on tax knowledge at HM Treasury. You can follow David on Twitter @TaxSimplifier.Two apparently similar situations can be taxed very ...Tax Simplifier 32: Who makes tax policy?
The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change. Blogs are published twice a week, on Monday and Thursday. Read David's previous blog on tax complexity. You can follow David on Twitter @TaxSimplifier. Tax is a technical subject. It is right to enquire whether ...Tax Simplifier 31: An example of tax complexity - tax definitions
The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change. Blogs are published twice a week, on Monday and Thursday. Read David's previous blog on tax complexity. You can follow David on Twitter @TaxSimplifier.Tax legislators have always allowed themselves a great deal of freedom ...Tax Simplifier 30: Tax complexity affects ordinary people - an example
The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change. Blogs are published twice a week, on Monday and Thursday. Read David's previous blog on artificial tax planning. You can follow David on Twitter @TaxSimplifier.Tax complexity can affect ordinary people, not just big sophisticated ...Tax Simplifier 29: Artificial tax planning - guilty party named!
The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change. Blogs are published twice a week, on Monday and Thursday. Read David's previous blog on remforming the annual budget. You can follow David on Twitter @TaxSimplifier.There is one, perhaps unexpected, defendant that stands accused ...Tax Simplifier 28: Reforming the Annual Budget
The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change. Blogs are published twice a week, on Monday and Thursday. Read David's previous blog on retrospective tax. You can follow David on Twitter @TaxSimplifier.How many pages are there in Tolleys Taxes now? - the ...Tax Simplifier 27: Retrospective tax – we’re already on the slippery slope
The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change. Blogs are published twice per week, on Monday and Thursday. Read David's previous blog on world comparisons of tax complexity. You can follow David on Twitter @TaxSimplifier.Most would agree that we should manage without ...Tax Simplifier 26: World Comparisons of Tax Complexity
The 'Tax Simplifier' series aims to make the case for a much simpler tax code with practical recommendations for policy change on a regular basis. Blogs are published twice per week, on Monday and Thursday. Read David's previous blog on bad tax law. You can follow David on Twitter @TaxSimplifier.Until recently reports published by PricewaterhouseCoopers ...