Which way forward?
One of the hottest topics in tax policy is the taxation of the digital economy.
On the blacklist
The EU Council of Finance Ministers has finally agreed the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions.
The iceberg Budget
The Chancellor had a difficult path to tread in putting together his first Autumn Budget.
A new role
One of the most amazing inventions in recent years is the digital platform.
Virtual presence
In March 2017, the G20 Finance Ministers asked the OECD secretariat to re-establish the Digital Taskforce set up under t...
Working it out
The very first project undertaken by the Office of Tax Simplification looked at tax reliefs.
Scanning horizons
‘Where’s the Summer Finance Bill?’ was the frequent cry of tax advisers, wondering whether five hundred pages of legisla...
Time for change
In 1999, Chancellor Gordon Brown announced that measures would be introduced to counter tax avoidance by the use of so-c...
Continuing action
BEPS Update The G20 and OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project was put in motion by the G20 in November 2012....
CIOT President's page, May 2017
By the time you read this, I shall be preparing for my final engagement as the Institute’s President – chairing the 2017...