International Tax Bites

In this episode Harriet and Grahame discuss the recent ECHR case of Ferrieri and Bonnassisa in which taxpayers challenged the Italian regime for requesting confidential financial information from banks inside Italy. The findings laid out the way in which judicial oversight of decision making processes is a vital protection for taxpayers and their Article 8 ECHR rights.

In this the fifth anniversary episode of #ITB, our presenters Harriet Brown and Grahame Jackson interview ex- Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng.
They discuss Kwasi's life previous to politics, the formation of his political and tax thought, the recoinage crisis of the late 17th Century, what happened during his time as Chancellor and the structural changes to the Office of Budget Responsibility that he thinks are needed to protect the policy making process.
Finally they talk about the current tax and financial policy offerings across the UK political spectrum.

In this episode (in the absence of Harriet) Grahame discusses indirect taxation with Stephen Hodgson of the UK's Betting and Gaming Council.
They talk through what an indirect tax is, discuss VAT, how it works and why it is so popular globally. They touch on the US interaction with and misconceptions about VAT and whether VAT can be used as a digital service tax by the back door.

In this episode Harriet and Grahame interview Sir Simon Clarke, who served as both Exchequer Secretary (with responsibility amongst other things for gaming duty and oil taxes) and Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the last Conservative government.

They have a wide ranging conversation that focuses on what's it like to be at the heart of the tax decision making process, how is policy made, who initiates it, what is a minister's role and some general chat about what it was like being in the middle of a succession of major international crises from 2019 - 2022.

The episode gives a true insight into the depths of expertise and how the system works from a minister's perspective.

Sir Simon is now a leading light in Onward UK, Britain's leading centre right think tank.

Harriet and Grahame recently spoke at the #GIBLDN25 Gibraltar Government Business Conference. Here we publish the audio of their talk. They focussed on the UK statutory residence test and the relocation options for a person moving to Gibraltar.

Whilst they spoke at an HM Government of Gibraltar conference this is not paid content and their views remain their own, not those of HM Government of Gibraltar.