Richard Murphy

Richard Murphy is a chartered accountant, and was Senior Partner at Murphy Deeks Nolan until he and his partners sold the firm in 2000. In parallel with his practice career, he has been chairman, CEO or finance director of more than ten SMEs. Since 2000 Richard has been increasingly involved in taxation policy issues. He is a founder of the Tax Justice Network and director of Tax Research LLP, which undertakes work on taxation policy for a clients including governments, commercial organisations, aid agencies and pressure groups in the UK and abroad (including the TUC, which he advises on tax issues). Richard is a visiting fellow at the Centre for Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex, External Research Fellow at the Tax Research Institute, University of Nottingham, and a prolific and influential blogger at Tax Research UK.

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Corporation tax and the budget: What will they really pay?

Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by Richard Murphy

The unfairness of the budget is shown in microcosm in the proposed changes to corporation tax. Over the next four years the top rate of corporation tax in the country will be reduced from 28% to 24%, only paid for in part by a small reduction in the investment allowances large businesses (in particular) enjoy. [...]

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Budget: It could be a bad day for tax avoiders

Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by Richard Murphy

Hidden in the small print of the Budget press notices is the following announcement: As part of an approach to develop sustainable responses to avoidance risk, the Government intends to examine whether the option of a General Anti-Avoidance Rule should form one element of strengthened defences. This will be part of wider work on improvements [...]

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Budget: Any gains on Capital Gains Tax?

Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by Richard Murphy

So, the Lib Dems got their sop capital gains tax increase. And George Osborne got the last word. The capital gains tax rate for those on higher rates of tax has been increased to 28% – but not to be in line with income tax rates. That, Nick Clegg will hope, may be enough to [...]

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From economic crisis to a Green New Deal

Posted on November 5th, 2009 by Richard Murphy

Richard Murphy will be speaking on the Green New Deal at Beyond Crisis, a TUC / Guardian one-day conference on progressive responses to the financial crisis on 16 Nov in Central London. Register for free tickets at www.tuc.org.uk/beyondcrisis The UK economy remains in crisis. It is still in recession. Any recovery, when it comes, will [...]

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