Please join me on BlueSky @naomifowler.bsky.social
This is the one that will replace 'x' imho. You can still join me on 'x' (I'm unwilling to desert it & my connections there entirely & leave it to extremists and conspiracists). I've enjoyed Mastodon but I will post here infrequently. Too many social media accounts to keep up with, sorry about that. Wishing everyone well in these turbulent times, hope to see you on BlueSky.

Have you heard of greenlaundering? Tax Justice Network is releasing "a first-of-its-kind piece of research shining a light on the connection between financial secrecy and bank financing of fossil fuels." Don't miss this webinar! I'll cover it on the Taxcast too https://taxjustice.net/events/climate-betrayal-banks-secret-offshore-deals-with-fossil-fuel-firms/

One of the 5 Rs of tax, Repricing: "Children’s daily sugar consumption halves just a year after tax, study finds"
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/09/childrens-daily-sugar-consumption-halves-just-a-year-after-tax-study-finds

"if HMRC concluded it was too controversial to publish the offshore tax gap figures [pre-General Election] the publication of the other tax gap figures should also have been delayed."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/06/hmrc-offshore-tax-avoidance-uk-wealthy

When we think about the election tax cut talk for a few seconds we understand it means moving from collectively tax-funded & therefore cheaper public services to fee-paying, more expensive private ones. The argument then is the wealthier should pay higher taxes
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/01/twice-as-many-britons-want-tax-rises-as-want-cuts-survey-finds

The Biden - Trump "Debate" "Reveals our Surreal Situation. Performance Matters More than Being a Criminal" Ruth Ben Ghiat is so right: this is not a sign of a healthy democracy. In the UK too, opinions, emotions & 'circus' are served up to us as evidence & fact http://lucid.substack.com/p/a-debate-that-reveals-our-surreal

Absolutely rotten. Worse than I can remember in my lifetime. And I really wish politicians and journalists would stop referring to this as 'sleaze' - this is corruption.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/27/public-contracts-companies-tory-donors

Oh, great. Yet more dangers Musk is contributing to the world.
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-starlink-satellites-could-help-deplete-ozone-layer-study-2024-6

Words are cheap: new laws & new regulations to tackle the professional enablers of tax abuse are only as good as the investment in enforcement to match:
“HMRC is routinely outgunned by the private sector” The private sector knows how it all works...
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-01-20/hmrc-charges-no-companies-for-tax-evasion-in-six-years