EU migrant workers contribute £2,300 more per year to UK than average British citizen, study reveals
18/09/2018
Migrants from the EU contribute £2,300 more to the exchequer each year in net terms than the average adult, the analysis for the government has found. And, over their lifetimes, they pay in £78,000 more than they take out in public services and benefits - while the average UK citizen’s net lifetime contribution is zero.
Competition commissioner sees agreement with Canada as model but says deal with Brexit UK would be different
Cuts to VAT and corporation tax said to be part of 'Project After' proposals.
Brexiter’s firm had assets of £548,573 five months after MEP claimed he had no money.
Britain will have to recover millions of euros from some multinationals after EU antitrust regulators ruled on Tuesday that an exemption in a UK tax scheme was illegal.
A large number of our readers have asked us to factcheck a list of claims about the Lisbon Treaty, or “what will actually happen if we stay in the EU”, which has gone viral on social media.
A Brexit involving staying in the customs union would leave the UK £80bn worse off a year than if it had remained in the EU, a report says. / The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said tax income would fall by £13bn a year.
How will wealthy Brexiteers profit from Brexit? The surprising truth about the world's most secretive tax network for the wealthy. Plus, we hand the Brexit Party a rather unfortunate award.
Philip Hammond is set to warn that a no-deal Brexit would harm the British economy, devour a £26.6bn Brexit war chest, and risk the break-up of the UK.
Chancellor to warn leadership candidates they can leave with no deal or spend, but not both
A previously confidential government study detailing 142 areas of life in Northern Ireland that will be impacted by Brexit has been published, revealing risks to everything from cooperation on congenital heart disease and cross-border child protection to rules preventing the looting of national treasures.
Companies are leaving Britain’s shipping registry due to uncertainty over Britain’s departure from the European Union and future commercial arrangements with the bloc, industry officials say.
Investigation into possible anti-competitive behaviour is likely to spark US anger.
Commission also says it plans to take Irish government to European court of justice over failure to collect €13bn from Apple.
European commission looks at tax rules after report reveals tech firms pay less than half the tax of traditional companies.
No-deal Brexit: 10 ways it could affect you
01/08/2019
How could you be affected if the UK does leave the EU without an agreement?
Trump administration ‘tells Boris Johnson to drop tax on tech giants’ to secure trade deal
04/08/2019
The Trump administration has made it clear to Boris Johnson that any post-Brexit US-UK free trade deal would rely on Britain dropping plans to tax large American tech firms, according to reports.
Could an independent Wales go it alone?
09/08/2019
Wales is not too poor to be an independent nation. The ex-first minister of Wales believes so anyway, though others are less sure. So, how would Wales fare economically if it had to go it alone in a post-Brexit world?
After Trump security adviser John Bolton’s visit it’s clear the price of US backing will be paid both in trade and foreign policy.
The EU has opposed brutal animal welfare and rampant tech monopolies. Post-Brexit Britain will be exposed to both.
The Brexiters who put their money offshore
09/11/2017
Some of the loudest voices in the debate – many of whom want the UK to be a tax haven – have their own offshore interests.
Boris Johnson: Britain's New PM Was Born in New York City and Was a U.S. Citizen for Decades—Until the IRS Caught up With Him
23/07/2019
Boris Johnson, Britain's newly-crowned prime minister of the U.K., was born in New York City and only recently relinquished his American passport when the Internal Revenue Service chased him for unpaid taxes.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was urged to rein in his tax-cutting plans amid warnings that a no-deal Brexit could blow a 100 billion-pound ($123 billion) hole in the public finances and lift government debt to its highest for half a century.
Forget meaningless numbers from politicians — get an idea how much of your tax bill contributes to EU membership!