Osborne's mighty gamble on corporate tax base | Nils Pratley

Corporate tax changes are slated to bring in an extra £9bn but once again these revenue-raising measures are calculated on assumptions, conjecture and hopeGeorge Osborne seems to have learned his political lesson from the fiasco of Google’s modest tax settlement with HM Revenue & Customs. Back in January, the chancellor looked ridiculous as he hailed the £130m deal as a “major success” while almost everybody else concluded the sum, covering a 10-year period, was