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Tax Avoidance

Rangers

Taxman given green light to challenge Rangers ruling

HM Revenue & Customs receives permission to pursue tax claim against Rangers FC in the upper-tier tribunal

05 Feb 2013

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MPs want to grill Charity Commission over avoidance scheme

MPs have questions for the Charity Commission, after a registered charity is alleged to have been a front for a tax avoidance scheme

01 Feb 2013

tip-of-the-iceberg

Big Four tax heads stay cool under pressure

Cathy Corns impressed by advisors' "robust" responses under pressure during the Public Accounts Committee session on tax avoidance

31 Jan 2013

Suggestion Big Four too close to government peculiar

"Who else are the government supposed to consult on constructing tax law?" asks Calum Fuller after the Big Four appeared before the Public Accounts Committee

31 Jan 2013

Charity front for avoidance scheme

A registered charity used Gift Aid reliefs to help donors avoid £46m in taxes

31 Jan 2013

Leader: Accountants are victims of their own success

Advisers' ability to permeate and influence throughout the business world makes them a target for vilification, suggests Kevin Reed

28 Jan 2013

E&Y managing partner issues riposte to tax avoidance critics

Politicians should match their strident rhetoric on tax avoidance with legal change, says Ernst & Young's Mark Otty

28 Jan 2013

HMRC appoints interim GAAR panel

On Graham Aaronson QC's recommendation, HM Revenue & Customs appoint 11 tax experts to the GAAR's interim advisory panel

28 Jan 2013

Are accountants just caught in the government avoidance crossfire?

The prime minister's speech hammering tax avoidance was aimed at multi-corporations and the profession is a victim of friendly fire, says Sage’s Jim Scott

25 Jan 2013

Cameron calls for international action on avoidance

The prime minister tells an audience at the World Economic Forum international co-operation is required to tackle tax avoidance

25 Jan 2013

Goldman Sachs should have stuck to bonus delay, say readers

There is no reason for Goldman Sachs not to delay its bonuses to UK staff in order to take advantage of the drop in income tax, say Accountancy Age readers

24 Jan 2013

Uncertainty looms for UK as Europe moves on Tobin Tax

As 11 member states agree to progress with a financial transaction tax, concerns grow of an unlevel playing field that will create uncertainty and harm EU recovery

23 Jan 2013

Clamping down on mis-selling, after tax schemes debacle

After the FSA's latest guidance on mis-selling, Richard Rhys of Rebus Investment Solutions looks at what effect it will have on tax avoidance schemes

22 Jan 2013

GAAR not panacea, Aaronson tells Lords

Graham Aaronson QC, author of the original anti-tax avoidance recommendations, and Malcolm Gammie QC warn Lords that the incoming rule will not be a cure-all

22 Jan 2013

Big Four to appear before Public Accounts Committee

Big Four tax partners called before Public Accounts Committee to discuss tax avoidance

21 Jan 2013

HMRC transfer pricing investigations up nearly half

HMRC investigations into transfer pricing rise 47%

21 Jan 2013

Leader: Tax arguments crystallised, but debate continues

Accountancy Age's tax avoidance debate proves a success: with the various arguments around the issue aired and documented. But the arguments continue..

21 Jan 2013

Debate illustrates schism on avoidance

After a week of debating tax avoidance, the only thing that is certain is the subject's capacity to split a room

21 Jan 2013

Tax avoidance debate finishes with close result

BDO's Stephen Herring narrowly wins Accountancy Age's tax avoidance debate

18 Jan 2013

Taxman defeats £77m avoidance scheme

A scheme that took advantage of tax reliefs meant for medical research has been defeated in a tribunal

18 Jan 2013

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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

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Feature: Inside the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association

After seeing a 70% rise in demand, Calum Fuller visited the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association to learn more about its efforts to provide support

Success of FRS 102 needs to be replicated on going concern

The consultation process for FRS 102 was arguably the most wide-ranging the FRC has ever conducted. It should apply the same rigour to going concern

Colin: Colin was here

Colin loves to be the centre of attention, as the Sky News Twitter account can testify

Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane

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