Tim Sarson

Have developed countries discovered the ideal corporate tax rate? International tax was once a veritable jungle of exotic regimes, but now many jurisdictions seem to have settled on a natural equilibrium of around 25 per cent

This month’s @cityam.bsky.social tax column is on how there’s more convergence between tax regimes around the works than you might think. www.cityam.com/have-develop...

Forget tariffs - this US tax law could be just as damaging for UK exports The US is advancing new tax measures targeting countries with "unfair" tax regimes, threatening UK service exports and global tax cooperation under OECD’s Pillar 2

In this month’s @cityam.bsky.social tax column I’m taking on the downright scary “retaliatory” tax measures targeting countries like us, and currently making their way through US legislature. www.cityam.com/forget-tarif...

Looks like the DST lives to fight another day. Possibly just a stay of execution.

Yep

You’d need a well equipped drone, or an extreme rock climber, to get anywhere close to this sign. I’d say it’s pretty impregnable.

I’m in Chicago for the week and this is the view from my hotel. Imagine the UK equivalent: a giant “Starmer” (or Farage?) emblazoned on the side of the Bullring centre as you exit Birmingham New Street.

Welcome to the shape-shifting world of big tech taxes Axing the Digital Services Tax may be the price Britain pays for a trade deal with the US, but that doesn't mean we've seen the back of tech taxes

My latest @cityam.bsky.social article, on the digital services tax and its siblings around the world.
On a theme (don’t ask me why) of the legendary Flanders & Swann Gnu Song. www.cityam.com/welcome-to-t...

A record-breaking March for sunshine As many look forward to a sunny and warm week ahead, the first week of April looks set to follow in the theme of meteorological spring so far: dry, warm and sunny.

March/April 2025, the Trump slump; sunniest March on record www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

A look back at the weather and climate in 2020 2020 has been a year of extremes with the wettest February on record, the sunniest spring, a heatwave in the summer and a day in October breaking rainfall records.

The coronavirus slump, January to March 2020; wettest February on record, then the sunniest spring on record. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

Global financial crisis, October 2008; the great October cold wave en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/October...

Black Monday (1987) - Wikipedia

Stock market collapses and British weather:

Black Monday, October 1987: the great storm en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_M...

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Quiet afternoon on the tax policy front then.

Will a tax raid tomorrow prove too tempting for Reeves? Emergency Budgets are a bad idea, but with the economic changing fast Reeves may not have the luxury of waiting until Autumn to raise taxes

My latest @cityam.bsky.social column on today’s likely tax nom-event. It’s a QTWTAIN headline.

www.cityam.com/will-a-tax-r...

I remember the day a few weeks back when one of the connections was “Britishisms”.

On the trade war front line, bosses ask: how bad will tariffs get? It’s ground zero for Mexico and Canada has cut up rough in response to Donald Trump’s tariff threats. But amid stock market fallout, some are still calm

In the @thetimes.com comparing US trade war with Mexico and Canada to supersonic Brexit

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Canadians, prepare to adopt lots of ATADs.

It’s that time again: visiting the Mansion House with fellow tax advisers to brief the Lord Mayor on what’s happening in the world of tax. And I seem to be the first here today.

Everything you need to know about tariffs The threat of tariffs mean businesses must check their exposure and figure out what's going on in their supply chains,

This month in @cityam.bsky.social I’ve decided to tackle tariffs. What they are, how they work, why they’re important.

www.cityam.com/everything-y...