A think tank dedicated to improving tax policy and the public understanding of tax

OUR LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Douglas Barrowman made more than £100m selling disastrous tax avoidance schemes. New evidence shows the schemes defrauded both HMRC and his own clients.

Do Post Office failures stop it from suing Fujitsu?

Douglas Barrowman: 25 more companies with unlawfully hidden ownership

The Post Office unlawfully claimed £934m tax relief for its compensation payments, and now faces an unexpected £100m tax bill.

The Post Office paid £15.75 compensation to one of its victims. Here’s the nine ways they minimise payouts.

Douglas Barrowman, PPE Medpro, the BVI loan and the struck-off solicitor

Michelle Mone failed to declare her interest in an offshore trust

More Post Office scandal: its incompetence leaves 1,100 postmasters with a £10k tax bill

OUR CURRENT AREAS OF FOCUS

Tax avoidance

We’ve been investigating tax avoidance schemes, often on the boundary between “legal” tax avoidance and outright fraud.

Post Office

The Post Office scandal has an unprecedented level of public interest. We’ve investigated the tax and legal scandals within the scandal.

Tax policy

We’ve identified taxes that we believe are an impediment to growth, loopholes that should be closed, and pointless taxes that should be abolished.

Barrowman

We’ve been investigating the business practices of billionaire Douglas Barrowman, which we believe show a history of recklessness towards legal and tax requirements.

Infographics

Part of our mission is to improve the public understanding of tax and legal policy. We’ve published a series of infographics illustrating key policy issues.

Libel and SLAPPs

We believe the current law and practice of libel in the UK is widely abused by the wealthy to silence their critics. We’ve examined examples of abuse, and made specific proposals for change.