Barclays' 'aggressive' £500m avoidance scheme blocked
Corporate Tax

Barclays' 'aggressive' £500m avoidance scheme blocked

12y Idris Nagri

Barclays' 'aggressive' £500m avoidance scheme bloc...

Taxman closes 'aggressive' avoidance schemes relating to debt buy backs and authorised investment fuunds, which could have cost the Treasury £500m Rea...

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Colin: HMRC market trading
Corporate Tax

Colin: HMRC market trading

12y Idris Nagri

Colin: HMRC market trading

HMRC cracks down on market trading Read More

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Taxman to target motor trade and market stallholders
Corporate Tax

Taxman to target motor trade and market stallholders

12y Idris Nagri

Taxman to target motor trade and market stallholde...

Motor trade, market stallholders and clothing sellers are among the latest industries to be targeted in a campaign against tax evasion Read More...

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Accountants criticise £1.4m bonuses to tax inspectors
Corporate Tax

Accountants criticise £1.4m bonuses to tax inspectors

12y Idris Nagri

Accountants criticise £1.4m bonuses to tax inspect...

Accountants raise concerns over bonuses to tax inspectors working on criminal investigations Read More...

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£1.4m bonuses paid to tax workers
Administration

£1.4m bonuses paid to tax workers

12y Idris Nagri

£1.4m bonuses paid to tax workers

HM Revenue and Customs staff working on criminal investigations received bonuses for 'annual work' and 'exceptional' performance Read More...

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HMRC sends out tax penalties
Personal Tax

HMRC sends out tax penalties

12y Idris Nagri

HMRC sends out tax penalties

HM Revenue and Customs to send out 850,000 penalties to taxpayers who missed the self-assessment deadline for filing tax returns Read More...

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HMRC in court to block UHY from Portsmouth appointment
Business Recovery

HMRC in court to block UHY from Portsmouth appointment

12y Idris Nagri

HMRC in court to block UHY from Portsmouth appoint...

HMRC in court to block UHY Hacker Young administrators from taking proposed appointment to Portsmouth FC Read More...

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HMRC vexes with record checks attitude
Business Regulation

HMRC vexes with record checks attitude

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

HMRC vexes with record checks attitude

DID YOU SEE that there will be no further checks on accountancy firms going forward under the Business Records Checks scheme? It seems sensible that H...

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Practices to be spared Business Record Checks
Business Regulation

Practices to be spared Business Record Checks

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Practices to be spared Business Record Checks

Taxman's revised record-checking scheme will avoid accountancy practices Read More...

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RBS bankers arrested in HMRC tax probe
Personal Tax

RBS bankers arrested in HMRC tax probe

12y Idris Nagri

RBS bankers arrested in HMRC tax probe

Bankers at state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland among those arrested in tax fraud investigation focusing on use of film finance loophole Read More...

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HMRC court wins come in waves
Personal Tax

HMRC court wins come in waves

12y Idris Nagri

HMRC court wins come in waves

Was HMRC's recent loss in the Redknapp case just a drop in the ocean? Read More...

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The lure of Liechtenstein
Personal Tax

The lure of Liechtenstein

12y Idris Nagri

The lure of Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility extended for one more year as British taxpayers come clean about tax in return for favourable settlement terms Read ...

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Taxman: 'No regrets' over failed £8m case against Redknapp and Mandaric
Personal Tax

Taxman: 'No regrets' over failed £8m case against Redknapp and Mandaric

12y Idris Nagri

Taxman: 'No regrets' over failed £8m case against ...

Acquittal of Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric marks ignominious end to five-year police and HMRC investigation into alleged football corruption that ...

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Tax advisors welcome postponed business record checks
Corporate Tax

Tax advisors welcome postponed business record checks

12y Idris Nagri

Tax advisors welcome postponed business record che...

Decision by HMRC to postpone pilot scheme for inspecting SME business records will give advisors time to improve clients' book-keeping, says CIOT Read...

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Permanently check out of business record-keeping scheme
Corporate Tax

Permanently check out of business record-keeping scheme

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Permanently check out of business record-keeping s...

Taxman should find a better use of its 120 Business Record Checks staff, says Kevin Reed Read More...

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Taxman postpones Business Record Checks
Corporate Tax

Taxman postpones Business Record Checks

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Taxman postpones Business Record Checks

HMRC's controversial SME record-checking pilot put on hold for more "targeted" approach in the next tax year Read More...

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Tax filing extension suits the taxman
Personal Tax

Tax filing extension suits the taxman

12y Idris Nagri

Tax filing extension suits the taxman

Tax partner Mike Fleming thinks the SA filing deadline extension wasn't necessarily altruism on HMRC's part Read More...

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HMRC’s increased late-fines could bag £9.3m daily
Personal Tax

HMRC’s increased late-fines could bag £9.3m daily

12y Idris Nagri

HMRC’s increased late-fines could bag £9.3m daily

Don’t get caught out by new HMRC late-penalty fines warns Blick Rothenberg Read More...

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Tax head urges taxman to speed up penalty notices
Administration

Tax head urges taxman to speed up penalty notices

12y Idris Nagri

Tax head urges taxman to speed up penalty notices

ACCA's head of tax says recent tribunals on tax penalties are confusing for business Read More...

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Good cop, bad cop: HMRC strengthens fraud investigation
Corporate Tax

Good cop, bad cop: HMRC strengthens fraud investigation

12y Idris Nagri

Good cop, bad cop: HMRC strengthens fraud investig...

Taxpayers given deadline to disclose fraud in return for immunity from criminal prosecution Read More...

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Judge lined up to investigate HMRC settlements
Corporate Tax

Judge lined up to investigate HMRC settlements

12y Idris Nagri

Judge lined up to investigate HMRC settlements

NAO to ask judge to review ten delas between HMRC and big companies Read More...

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HMRC whistleblower faces investigation
Corporate Tax

HMRC whistleblower faces investigation

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

HMRC whistleblower faces investigation

Taxman begins disciplinary process solicitor who spoke out against its deal with Goldman Sachs Read More...

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25 recruited into new offshore tax investigation team
Personal Tax

25 recruited into new offshore tax investigation team

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

25 recruited into new offshore tax investigation t...

HMRC launches Offshore Co-ordination Unit, bringing together large tranche of investigation work Read More...

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HMRC: Not quite get out of jail free
Corporate Tax

HMRC: Not quite get out of jail free

12y Idris Nagri

HMRC: Not quite get out of jail free

Rachel cook runs through the new criminal investigation powers - and settlements offering - to be wielded by HMRC in the new year Read More...

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Clegg wants SMEs to voice tax dislikes
Corporate Tax

Clegg wants SMEs to voice tax dislikes

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Clegg wants SMEs to voice tax dislikes

Push the Office of Tax Simplification for change, urges Nick Clegg Read More...

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Tax penalties: kicking where it hurts
Personal Tax

Tax penalties: kicking where it hurts

13y Idris Nagri

Tax penalties: kicking where it hurts

Jaimie Kaffash considers the context in which the taxman will dish out harsher tax penalties Read More...

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CIoT prez creates impression at Tate Modern
Accounting Standards

CIoT prez creates impression at Tate Modern

13y Idris Nagri

CIoT prez creates impression at Tate Modern

Is tax an art, or science? ponders TS Read More...

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