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Google tax whistleblower goes public

Former employee Barney Jones gets chatty with the PAC over Google's sales strategy

20 May 2013

Lin Homer

Profession reaches end of its tether with PAC

After the Public Accounts Committee's latest hearing - in which it heavily criticised Google's tax affairs - many advisers have had enough

17 May 2013

Jim Harra

Court strikes down HMRC/Goldman Sachs ‘sweetheart’ deal challenge

UK Uncut's legal challenge against HMRC's 2010 tax settlement with Goldman Sachs is thrown out by the High Court

16 May 2013

Amazon back in firing line over £2.4m 2012 tax bill

Billions of pounds in sales to the UK public channelled through a Luxembourg affiliate

16 May 2013

New CIoT president Coleclough criticises government over EU

Stephen Coleclough replaces Patrick Stevens as CIoT president, and urges government to end its "slapdash approach" to Europe

15 May 2013

Lower corporate tax rates attract foreign investment

Big GDP and low tax rates are key to foreign direct investment

15 May 2013

Naming tax avoidance scheme promoters risky, warn tax heads

Naming and shaming tax avoidance promoters may simply advertise their services, institute tax heads warn lords

15 May 2013

Osborne calls on EU ministers to sign information-sharing deal

The chancellor calls on fellow European finance ministers to rubber-stamp an automatic tax information-sharing directive

14 May 2013

Obama condemns tax authority’s targeting of conservative groups

The targeting of right-wing, conservative groups by the US tax authority is "outrageous", says Barack Obama

14 May 2013

FTSE 100 companies criticised over use of tax havens

ActionAid report criticises big business's use of tax havens after G7 pledges more work against avoidance

13 May 2013

Chancellor strikes back as Star Wars returns to UK

TS asks: Is Darth Vader allowed in the House of Lords?

13 May 2013

Colin: Scotland's bid for (tax) freedom

Colin considers the potential effects of fiscal independence on Scottish culture

10 May 2013

£4.1bn secured by HMRC through transfer pricing challenges

HM Revenue & Customs claims it has garnered £4.1bn for the public purse since 2008 through challenging transfer pricing arrangements

10 May 2013

HMRC investigates advisers over offshore tax schemes

HMRC begins probe into more than 200 advisers, lawyers and accountants suspected of using offshore trusts to evade UK tax

10 May 2013

Decisive action needed on tax disclosure

A shift towards greater tax transparency is inevitable for both practice and business, but under what guise?

09 May 2013

The Practitioner: RTI is a real-time irritation for client billing

Getting clients to pay for PAYE is a pain in the proverbial, suggests The Practitioner

09 May 2013

HMRC RTI software fails to file submissions

HMRC's payroll software for businesses with nine or fewer employees unable to file information in real-time due to IT issues

09 May 2013

CBI urges business to steer clear of tax abuse

The CBI releases a list of tax principles for British business to operate within

09 May 2013

Scotland’s William Wallace moment - a brave move over tax?

Devolution of the tax system will mark a huge step towards independence for Scotland, but the complexity will be horrendous, writes Straughans' Mike Fleming

08 May 2013

Greater tax transparency “may not be panacea”, warns E&Y

Introducing greater tax transparency could both hurt business and still not provide further understanding to stakeholders, Ernst & Young warns

08 May 2013

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