Fact checks focused on tax evasion, avoidance and offshore accounts
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour has assessed the cost of changes to corporation tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax and the bank levy since 2010. They've suggested a £120 billion cost. Is that correct? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It could reduce the government’s income, but we haven’t seen estimates for the overall effect. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Define wealthiest and we’ll get back to you. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
US corporation tax rates are about 39%, on average according to the OECD, so about twice that paid in the UK. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
In 2013-14, HMRC estimate that they lost about £2.7 billion through tax avoidance and £4.4 billion through tax evasion—so about £7.1 billion overall. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
In recent years the UK's tax take has varied between 30% and 35% of GDP. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on the tax gap, the trade deficit, Scottish migration, and the EU referendum government websites. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve looked into claims comparing the number of benefit fraud and tax evasion investigators. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A senior tax official says that an old quote of his that taxation is "legalised extortion" should be seen in context. Here's the context. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
An introduction to income tax - and who pays it. Read
