Richard Murphy: Taming the Inclination to Tax Abuse

Continuing reports of tax avoidance and substantial new estimates of tax evasion suggest that neither activity is going out of fashion. That implies that many of the efforts put in place to date to tackle these issues may not have had the desired effect. In this talk, Richard Murphy will tackle three themes. The first is why those efforts to curtail abuse have failed. The second is how the abuse is continuing. The third is what we need to do now.