Daily Archives: Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The Cup Trust case has worn away my sympathy for the commission

Yesterday, we heard that William Shawcross will appear before the Public Accounts Committee on 7 March to address the issue of the Cup Trust, the £176m tax avoidance scheme that it was unable to shut down. I suspect the committee will want some explanation of what went wrong. This will be interesting, because the commission,… Read more »