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Leader: Why is 'most trusted' tag reassuring for accountants?

Survey that shows accountants are 'more trusted' than banks proves a massive hit - but why should that be the case?

18 Dec 2012

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Starbucks’ calculated tax risk backfires

Starbucks' offer to the Revenue might look good publicly, but the issue does not go away, says Calum Fuller

13 Dec 2012

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Treasury secretary and London mayor argue over Starbucks’ tax

London mayor Boris Johnson defends Starbucks’ tax avoidance scheme following allegations by Treasury chief secretary it treats tax like a church collection plate

10 Dec 2012

JPMorgan to agree £500m tax settlement

US bank close to settling back taxes that were avoided through the use of an offshore trust

10 Dec 2012

ICAEW chief backs EC's anti-tax avoidance discussions

Mchael Izza calls on "fair" tax contributions by corporates as they operate

10 Dec 2012

Most tax scams not caught through DOTAS – HMRC

About 46% of avoidance schemes are caught by DOTAS, according to HMRC

07 Dec 2012

Europe brings in anti-avoidance measures

EU plans to "blacklist" countries known to be tax havens

07 Dec 2012

AS2012: Government to scrutinise suppliers' tax arrangements

Government suppliers revealed to have unsavoury tax practices could find themselves out in the cold when it comes to dishing out state procurement contracts

05 Dec 2012

AS2012: Government closes down five avoidance schemes in Autumn Statement

Five tax avoidance schemes are immediately blocked by the government

05 Dec 2012

AS2012: Chancellor wages war on tax avoidance

Chancellor pumps money into HMRC to bolster its attack on avoidance measures in his Autumn Statement

05 Dec 2012

Confusion over the term "tax avoidance", says Oxford Uni study

Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation sets out different types of tax avoidance

05 Dec 2012

What's fair about MPs' tax sniping?

HMRC and big corporates might be on the receiving end of MPs' ire - but our elected representatives would do well to look closer to home

03 Dec 2012

Osborne to launch £10bn tax-dodge crackdown

The chancellor is set announce the government's latest attack on tax evasion and avoidance

03 Dec 2012

Committee calls on taxman to be tougher on multinationals

The Public Accounts Committee calls on the taxman to be more assertive in its fight against corporate tax avoidance

03 Dec 2012

Accountancy firms implicated in mis-sale of avoidance schemes

Accountancy firms are among 90 advisory companies which have allegedly mis-sold tax avoidance schemes

30 Nov 2012

Amazon UK figures revealed in committee tax response

Public Accounts Committee reveals details of Amazon's UK sales, as it tries to ascertain how it arrived at previous tax disclosures

28 Nov 2012

Business taxes ought to be simpler, say readers

A single levy on distributed income would prove a more effective method of corporate taxation, say readers

23 Nov 2012

Sort out the system to stop 'deplorable' tax avoidance

The routes by which income is shifted out of the UK must be blocked, says Barnes Roffe's Mike Parkinson

21 Nov 2012

NAO: HMRC in uphill battle against tax avoidance

Disclosures don't necessarily equate to hitting back at aggressive tax schemes, finds NAO

21 Nov 2012

Old-co Rangers win first-tier hearing

The former Rangers football club wins an appeal against a tax bill for its use of employee benefit trusts to pay its staff and players

21 Nov 2012

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Leader: Will younger generation push for a UK institute?

Will British institutes learn from a New Zealand/Australia merger - or have the Trans/Tasmans already learned from them?

Jo Swinson: More needed but insolvency reform step in the right direction

Consumer affairs minister Jo Swinson writes for Accountancy Age on the incoming reforms to insolvency practitioners’ regulation.

FRC is sounding like a modern day Cassandra

Concerns raised in the FRC's latest round of audit inspections sound strikingly familar. Why has the profession failed to address them?

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Don't COP out of guiding clients through tax mire

Anita Brook of Accounts Assist gives a hands-on guide to Code of Practice 9

Taking Stock: Accountancy and the sheriff of Cumbria

TS loves it when two worlds collide

Colin: Hey diddle (tax) diddle

Colin offers his assessment of the pressure on 'tax havens'

Colin: Don't panic! (about avoidance)

Colin succinctly rounds up the latest court ruling on tax avoidance and advisers' responsiblities

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