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Taxman must be wary of All-out war on advisers

Accountancy Age — 2008-07-31T16:45:00.000Z

Accountancy Age, Accountancy Age, Thursday 31 July 2008 at 16:45:00

We now know that HM Revenue & Customs is not only targeting individuals for concealing money in offshore havens such as Lichtenstein but will also focus on those who help people take their money out of the country

The move signals a broadening of the campaign against the use of tax havens and a reinvigoration of efforts at HMRC to clamp down....

Fraud: stop the rot

Richard Alderman — 2008-05-15T00:55:00.000Z

Richard Alderman, Accountancy Age, Thursday 15 May 2008 at 00:55:00

Preventing fraud is just as important as dealing with the aftermath

There’s a popular misconception that fraud is a victimless crime. At the Serious Fraud Office the victims of fraud are at the heart of what we do....

Green tax: stick and carrot

Nick Goulding — 2008-05-15T00:34:00.000Z

Nick Goulding, Accountancy Age, Thursday 15 May 2008 at 00:34:00

Don't rely on tax to save the planet

‘Green tax’ it sounds great in theory but unpopular when it hits ordinary people. Just think of the uproar over new car tax bands....

Forever in their debt?

Peter Sargent — 2008-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

Peter Sargent, Accountancy Age, Thursday 17 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Personal insolvency advisers have new tools to play with

Debt relief orders (DROs) and enforcement restriction orders (EROs) are two new tools in the personal insolvency adviser's toolkit. But what are they? DROs are aimed at the 'indebted poor',...

Budget - No More Own Goals But No New Scoring Opportunities

Stephen Herring — 2008-03-28T00:00:00.000Z

Stephen Herring, Accountancy Age, Friday 28 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Chancellor has missed chance to simplify the tax system in his Budget

Everyone will understand Alastair Darling’s focus on avoiding new initiatives which inevitably carry with them the risk of backfiring such as his attempts in the PBR to simplify capital gains...

A tale of two (tax) stories

John Cullinane — 2008-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

John Cullinane, Accountancy Age, Friday 7 March 2008 at 00:00:00

The tumbrils were out for tax dodgers in the media last week

The tumbrils were out for tax dodgers in the media last week. But were all the victims of the terror the enemies of the people as claimed? The Revenue suspect...

Business tax: keep it in the family

John Brazier — 2008-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

John Brazier, Accountancy Age, Thursday 6 March 2008 at 00:00:00

The Government seems to be the only fan of its family business tax proposals

The new family business tax proposals have been dominating my attention recently, and apparently I’m not the only one. Fed-up with being told by the Professional Contractors’ Group (PCG) and...

That's enough non-dom nonsense

Nicholas Neveling — 2008-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Nicholas Neveling, Accountancy Age, Thursday 28 February 2008 at 00:00:00

I am a non-domiciled resident, and believe it or not I am not packing my bags and about to flee the UK when the controversial changes to non-dom taxation come into force in April

It may also surprise you that taxation of non-doms was not the one and only reason I came to the UK in the first place three years ago....

Time for a comeback

Michael Izza — 2008-01-17T00:00:00.000Z

Michael Izza, Accountancy Age, Thursday 17 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Are job cuts at HMRC to blame for the efficiency slips? asks Michael Izza

Much has happened at HM Revenue & Customs since the two CDs containing the personal details of 25 million people were reported missing last November....

Andrew Hubbard on Santa's Arctic woes

Andrew Hubbard — 2007-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Andrew Hubbard, Accountancy Age, Thursday 20 December 2007 at 00:00:00

Once upon a time Father Christmas went to see his tax adviser...

Every time Father Christmas visited his tax adviser things got worse. First there was the news that the tax allowances on his toy factory were to be withdrawn; then he...

With HMRC, nothing's private anymore

Paul Alexander — 2007-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Alexander, Accountancy Age, Thursday 6 December 2007 at 00:00:00

HMRC has lost our trust but are we too quick to give it away?

HM Revenue & Custom's failure to protect millions of customer records is the largest example of an organisation failing to acknowledge the importance of data....

On the money with Gavin Hinks

Gavin Hinks — 2007-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Gavin Hinks, Accountancy Age, Thursday 29 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Douglas Flint, FD at HSBC, found himself in a spot of bother last week one particular investor doesn’t like the way executive pay was disclosed in the bank’s accounts and is somewhat offended by the bonuses board members seem about to receive

Odd one this. Most complaints about pay relate to the size of a fat cat’s salary. But Eric Knight, of Knight Vinke, is more concerned about proper disclosure....

Will HMRC cuts become the data loss scapegoat?

Damian Wild — 2007-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Damian Wild, Accountancy Age, Thursday 29 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Kieran Poynter has a busy fortnight ahead. He has until 14 December to report to the chancellor on HM Revenue & Customs’ inability to keep taxpayer information confidential

So it falls to the PricewaterhouseCoopers senior partner to answer many of the tough questions that the catastrophic admissions of the last ten days have thrown up....

Money laundering policy should be based on facts

Dr Jackie Harvey — 2007-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Dr Jackie Harvey, Accountancy Age, Thursday 1 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Anti-money laundering policy is being sidetracked by fiscal targets

The authorities justify their antimoney laundering (AML) legislative zeal on the basis that they believe money laundering to be on a scale so vast as to threaten the very foundations...

On the money with Gavin Hinks

Gavin Hinks — 2007-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Gavin Hinks, Accountancy Age, Thursday 16 August 2007 at 00:00:00

I feel the need to return to the subject of Bob Mellors, the embattled finance director of Sports Direct

First he was in the news because he wasn't allowed to speak to analysts. Then when he did there were claims in the Sundays that it was 'farcical', which turned...