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LANDLORDS and small business owners are getting away with evading tax because of government cuts to HMRC, a fringe meeting heard today during TUC women’s conference.
Smaller businesses are being overlooked because investigating them is more resource-intensive than using databases, said Lorna Merry, HMRC group president for civil servants’ union PCS.
Only 2.9 million out of 5.7m small businesses are registered as employers and for purposes of paying VAT, she added.
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership
