Tax Policy Associates’ summary of the measures in the Budget - what they are, what they mean, and their likely long-term ...

Calculate your take-home pay, see your real marginal tax rate, and look at Budget and political parties’ proposals.

There are widespread reports that the Budget will increase tax on banks. This follows claims from the TUC that banks are under-taxed, and claims from UK Finance that they’re overtaxed. We’ve compared ...

I’m being sued for $795m in a US federal court in Wyoming, under a law designed to take down the Mafia. The man suing me is a fugitive British fraudster called Iain Clifford Stamp, who says I caused ...

We investigate the real-world impact of the UK tax and legal system, expose avoidance and abuse, and propose practical reforms. I’m being sued for $795m in a US federal court in Wyoming, under a law ...

We welcome media enquiries and tips, suggestions, criticisms and comments by tax and legal professionals or members of the public. All messages are received in strict confidence (unless your message ...

A small number of KCs and junior barristers are enabling large-scale tax fraud. They do it by providing tax opinions backing schemes designed to “avoid” tax on wages paid to contractors. The schemes ...

Tax Policy Associates today reveals that Premier League football clubs are avoiding tax on an industrial scale, by artificially structuring their payments to football agents. We estimate it cost £250m ...

The Green Party has published its manifesto ⚠️. The Green Party propose raising taxes by £115bn in 2026/27 and £172bn in 2029/30 – about 4.5% of GDP. There is very little detail presented and the ...

For the third Budget in a row, everyone’s talking about capital gains tax. The Chancellor, John Healey, says he won’t give “any answers or signals that will fuel Budget speculation”, but in the same ...