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@DanNeidle
Jan 22, 2023 • 12 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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#Zahawi update: his lawyers have written to me, denying that HMRC investigated him under COP 9, the procedure for investigating fraud. Since they are in such a helpful mood, I'm optimistic they'll answer some further questions. Full correspondence below:
My email:
The Osborne Clarke reply:
And my response:
I have updated my list of Zahawi questions to reflect the COP 9 answer.
Obvious addition: anyone thinking of sending abusive messages to Ashley should ask themselves some pretty fundamental questions.
I publish Ashley’s name because I believe lawyers engaging in SLAPP should be accountable, to the public and to their other clients.
A response from Zahawi's lawyer:
The last time Ashley suggested I contact Zahawi's press officer, it did not go well:
But I am hopeful this time is different, so:
You can bookmark this thread to catch the reply.

But I probably wouldn't bother.
I'm delighted to say I received a response to my questions. The response says that Mr Zahawi is not going to answer any questions:

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Jun 29
A 'tax adviser' pushing smears seeded by Russian disinformation - cocaine, rent-boys, the lot - to flog a Gibraltar "zero-tax" company that in reality lands clients with big HMRC bills and penalties.

The strangest tax scam we’ve uncovered. Thread 👇 Image
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Of if you want to go straight to our full report, with complete documents and links/references: taxpolicy.org.uk/offshore-advis…
Offshore Advisory Group (OAG) publish a large number of posts on LinkedIn and on their website with titles like “Starmer’s Communist State“ and “Tax without consent and representation is theft“. Image
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Jun 27
The UK tax paradox:

1️⃣ The tax burden is at a post-war high, and 52% of us say we're over-taxed.

2️⃣ Yet the average UK worker paid less tax on their wages in 2024 than any previous year. And less than peers in the other big European countries.

How can both be true?

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Full explainer here, with interactive charts for the bored, and footnotes for the truly committed:

taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/06/27/uk-…
To compare wage taxes apples-to-apples, the OECD invented the tax wedge: the share of total labour cost taken by income tax plus employee & employer NI (social security).

Here’s the 2024 league table for a single worker - spot where the UK sits 👇 Image
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Jun 24
Zia Yusuf has published a response to our report on the Reform UK "Britannia card" proposal. It's disappointing: heavy on insults, light on substance, and revealing that Mr Yusuf cites an OBR paper he hasn't read.

I won't respond to the insults, but people who have actual arguments don't need to accuse people of writing "drivel" and being "outlandishly stupid". This is playground stuff. Image
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(And calling me "far left" is pretty silly when I've just come off a discussion with the Institute of Economic Affairs in which I and the IEA agree on almost all the big tax policy questions. But never mind. )insider.iea.org.uk/p/tax-expert-d…
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Jun 23
A few people have asked for a shorter summary of our piece on the Reform UK "Britannia card" proposal.

We've also updated our report with a full copy of the Reform UK paper. Quick thread: Image
Reform UK have fallen into the trap of forgetting there are many different types of "non-doms":
1. High net worth people who are abroad (or planning to leave) but could be enticed to come here for a £250k Britannia card.

Problem is: HNWs won't believe the card will stay long term given the MANY recent non-dom changes. So no private wealth adviser we spoke to thinks significant numbers would come.Image
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Jun 23
Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets.

What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn.

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For many years someone moving to the UK was a "non-dom" - paying tax on UK income/assets but exempt from tax on foreign income/assets (unless they brought them into the UK).
There was then a loooong series of reforms that first introduced a £30k fee for keeping this benefit, then increased the fee. Then finally the Tories scrapped the regime and replaced it with a four year exemption. Labour slightly tightened that this year. Image
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Jun 20
40% of all corporation tax owed by small businesses isn't paid. How has this happened, without anyone noticing or caring?

Because nobody wants to talk about it.

These reactions to the latest HMRC tax gap figures are typical: Image
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If you missed it, here's our report from yesterday on the latest HMRC data, with the astonishing 40% stat: taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/06/19/the…
If the small business tax gap had followed the same trend as the large business tax gap, HMRC would collect £15bn more tax every year. Image
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