Andrew Goodall tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1470580 2009-07-07T08:54:01+01:00 on taxes, poverty and more or less related stuff TypePad Global poverty – DFID white paper on country-by-country tax reporting tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f12ebcb8834011571d14d87970b 2009-07-07T08:54:01+01:00 2009-07-07T08:54:01+01:00 The UK government is discussing with international partners whether initiatives including country-by-country reporting of tax payments "could offer an effective and suitable means of advancing the tax transparency agenda". This is good news. The announcement follows DFID's publication of a report that suggested that many estimates of revenue lost to... Andrew Goodall http://andrewgoodall.typepad.com/andrew/2009/07/global-poverty-dfid-white-paper-on-country-by-country-tax-reporting.html CGT: private residence relief claimants under fire tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f12ebcb88340115709a0835970c 2009-06-30T14:18:44+01:00 2009-06-30T14:18:44+01:00 HMRC guidance spells out how longstanding exemption written into tax law saves capital gains tax Tax experts have warned that CGT private residence relief is likely to be curtailed after several members of parliament came under fire for "flipping" the designation of their main residence in order to maximise parliamentary... Andrew Goodall http://andrewgoodall.typepad.com/andrew/2009/06/cgt-private-residence-relief-claimants-under-fire.html Most tax gap estimates are flawed, academics claim tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f12ebcb88340115718e7940970b 2009-06-30T08:55:05+01:00 2009-06-30T13:37:25+01:00 Oxford researchers highlight 'shortcomings' but civil society groups were forced to produce estimates in the absence of research by international institutions, say campaigners Information regarding revenue losses in developing countries caused by tax evasion and avoidance is very limited, partly due to a lack of data and partly due to... Andrew Goodall http://andrewgoodall.typepad.com/andrew/2009/06/most-tax-gap-estimates-are-flawed-academics-claim.html ‘Enormous’ tax debt is likely to grow, say MPs tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68152459 2009-06-16T09:01:38+01:00 2009-06-16T09:05:03+01:00 The number of tax debts grew by 22 per cent during 2007/08 and nearly a third of all tax payments are made late. The Commons public accounts committee's findings were published as concerns were being expressed that the deferral of tax under HMRC's Business Payment Support Service was putting large... Andrew Goodall http://andrewgoodall.typepad.com/andrew/2009/06/enormous-tax-debt-is-likely-to-grow-say-mps.html Zimbabwe – five undercover reports tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68099503 2009-06-14T21:17:38+01:00 2009-06-15T11:58:31+01:00 BBC Radio 4's Today programme's ran a series of five reports by Mike Thompson: 9 June: Violence threatens Zimbabwe calm 10 June: 'Harsh life' of Zimbabwe's orphans 11 June: Zimbabwe's children 'do their duty' 12 June: The collapse of Zimbabwe's education system 13 June: The collapse of Zimbabwe's health system... Andrew Goodall http://andrewgoodall.typepad.com/andrew/2009/06/zimbabwe-five-undercover-reports.html Zimbabwe's 1.5m orphans tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67926947 2009-06-10T09:02:38+01:00 2009-06-14T21:29:09+01:00 The BBC's Today programme has this (audio file): "Malaria, poverty, HIV and political violence have left Zimbabwe with more than 1.5m orphans in a country of just 11m people - more per head of population than anywhere else on earth. Correspondent Mike Thomson, in the second of his undercover reports... Andrew Goodall http://andrewgoodall.typepad.com/andrew/2009/06/zimbabwes-15m-orphans.html