Recent decades have seen rapid growth of advanced digital technologies, including high-speed computing, big data, artificial intelligence, the internet-of-things and blockchain. This “digital revolution” creates significant opportunities for all levels of government to improve the delivery of public goods and services, and to raise more and better revenue.

As a result of COVID-19, public life has come to a sudden halt and consumer spending is plummeting. How will this crisis and the policy actions taken in response affect tax revenues? And what lessons can be learned from the previous global financial crisis?

Labour taxes on the average worker across OECD countries continued to decline for the sixth consecutive year in 2019, according to a new OECD report.

Latest data on tax policy measures taken by governments so far in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

With global economic activity facing a historic drop and government spending rising dramatically, the implications of the Covid-19 crisis on public finances and tax revenues are significant.

Rules concerning Brexit preparations prioritised over tougher environmental standards

Threat of redundancies and business failures means higher earners need help with their finances

My household’s Corona Protocol has provoked eye-rolling from my two teenage children  

The pandemic will prompt new rules insisting on better margins for error and will embed more safety-first habits

The crisis exposed the system was on a knife edge, but the emergency changes are for the better

Excess body fat seems to matter more than heart or lung disease, or smoking, when it comes to catching the virus

Worsening conditions in the capital increase threat posed by the virus

Demand for tech services expected partly to counter pandemic downturn

Funeral homes are full in working class section of Queens where immigrants pursue American dream

Africans in Guangzhou evicted from hotels and had passports confiscated, officials say

Experience with other outbreaks could compensate for poor healthcare infrastructure

Pandemic could set back the fight against malaria by 20 years, with Africa hit worst

Continent has limited confirmed virus fatalities but experts warn it is too early to draw conclusions

Leaders acted swiftly as they watched richer countries’ health systems crumple

Silver Lake’s Jio stake, Amazon VP quits in protest, new MacBook Pro

Sum far exceeds $8bn fundraising target at upcoming EU-led donors’ conference

Countries should avoid turning to nationalism and share the burdens

Lockdowns have elevated the sector that some analysts thought would fall furthest in a recession

Prices rebound from March lows after miner Kazatomprom slashes production

Airline to axe up to 3,150 jobs and close London Gatwick operations as it scales back to save business

If the courts rule against the UK-listed insurer, there will be a fresh flood of claims

Reducing pensioners to ‘old dears’ ignores their wisdom and physical vitality

Pandemic may spur greater use of robotics in food industry to cater for virus-wary customers

Every major asset class has been disrupted

Why, from an investment perspective, Covid-19 suppression is the equivalent of kicking the can down the road.

As the human and economic damage mounts, old political divides are likely to re-emerge

Two experts debate whether shift to low carbon can push forward amid economic stress

A third of self-employed reported working reduced hours during the first two weeks of lockdown

Deaths in England and Wales are highest on record in mid-April while cases in the US surpass 1m

Germany's dominant export sector in record decline, South Korea may be forced to close bars and nightclubs after partygoer is found to have infected at least 14 people

A number of UK entrepreneurs have banded together to survey Angels about their investment strategy. The initiative comes in the wake of the UK government’s “Future Fund” for startups, which has been criticized as being inadequate for the needs of Angel and Seed-stage startups. The group hopes the survey will give the UK early-stage investment […]

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Private lawsuits are a vital tool for upholding standards in the free market system

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Facebook is expanding its Community Help hub to better serve local communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The hub has already seen significant usage by those requesting food, supplies and information about local resources, as well as use by volunteers and groups willing to lend a hand. Now, Facebook is adding more features to the hub […]

In its first-quarter earnings report today, Samsung said it expects the COVID-19 pandemic to continue impacting its business for the rest of the year, cutting into sales for smartphones and TVs, but increasing demand for PCs, servers and memory chips as people continue to work or study from home. Samsung’s results for the first-quarter of […]

A lot of restaurants have shuttered in the wake of stay-at-home guidance and government orders for non-essential businesses to close down, so a startup called Cheetah that provided a wholesale delivery service for them pivoted to selling to consumers, and now it’s raised a round of funding, both to expand its business and to help […]

Less than 24 hours after it was reported that Uber was considering layoffs of 20% of staff, its big rival Lyft is announcing its own cuts. Today the company said it would be reducing employee count by 17%, working out to 982 employees, and furloughing an additional 288, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic […]

After a quarter in which eBay, tussling with an activist investor, completed the sell-off of its ticketing business StubHub for $4 billion and saw appointed a new CEO after its previous one departed, while also weathering waves of surging demand and dodgy supply resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, today the e-commerce company reported its Q1 […]

Despite traffic for many online properties being at an all-time high, advertising has fallen off a cliff because of the downturn in consumer activity outside the home and the wider economic pressures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. And today, Twitter reported quarterly earnings that bore this trend out. The ad-based social networking and media company said that […]

Contrary to some fears, equity calls on the London market have been relatively orderly