Coffers research team member Richard Murphy, Professor of Practice in International Political Economy at City, University of London, has been investigating the tax gap as part of the work the Coffers team is doing. The tax gap is the difference between the amount of tax that should be paid to a tax authority in a period and the amount actually paid. On 25 September Richard was invited to give evidence to the Canadian Senate in Ottawa on new legislation that is being considered for implementation. The new legislation makes tax gap measurement a mandatory requirement for Canada’s tax authority. This is what he had to say in his introductory comments:

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