Tax

George Michael, Katie Melua and four members of the Arctic Monkeys are among more than 1,600 people who have been named in a £1.2 billion tax avoidance scheme.

French economist Thomas Piketty and Ryan Bourne, of the Institute of Economic Affairs, debate the Frenchman’s call for a global tax on high earners to ensure a fairer distribution of wealth.

Three members of Take That are reported to have invested in a tax avoidance scheme – so will they join our festival line-up of stars who, through schemes or leaving the country, have avoided tax?

An influential group of MPs says it has “considerable concern” over Chancellor George Osborne’s plans to allow the taxman to seize money directly from millions of personal bank accounts.

Chancellor George Osborne is talking tough on tax evasion – again – this time threatening that those who avoid tax by hiding their money overseas could face prison. But will it work?

Chancellor George Osborne will deliver his fifth budget on Wednesday. It is bound to include measures that could not have been predicted, but here is what we can expect.

For years, those with money in savings accounts have received a raw deal. Now the chancellor, with the 2015 election in mind, has unveiled a budget for savers and pensioners.

Labour’s announcement that it will re-introduce a 50p top rate of tax has been greeted with fury by business leaders, but if the opinion polls are right, Ed Miliband has got the public on his side.

A Channel 4 News survey finds the majority of people are in favour of the 50p top rate of tax, which Ed Balls said Labour would reinstate if elected.

Labour will restore the 50p tax rate if they get back into power, Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls announces.

In charge of America’s biggest city, with a budget of £45bn, New York’s new mayor Bill de Blasio is less than a month into his job. So how is his fight against inequality going so far?

“Ultra-rich people, including frankly distasteful ultra-rich people, create opportunities,” argues conservative Reihan Salam. He talks with satirist and voice of Montgomery Burns – Harry Shearer.

The HMRC had hoped to collect more than three billion pounds in unpaid taxes from UK holders of Swiss bank accounts, so why has it only recouped a few hundred million?

Vodafone paid no corporation tax and reduced its UK tax bill by a fifth last year. The company defends its arrangements in a 3,600 word statement that Channel 4 News hears is “smoke and mirrors”.