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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne

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

HM Revenue and Customs

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

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Tax net tightens with latest disclosure deals

Advisers are concerned whether HMRC is equipped to make best use of the latest automatic information-sharing deals with British overseas territories

03 May 2013

All British overseas territories now in tax information deals

All British overseas territories with significant financial centres sign up to automatic tax disclosure deals

02 May 2013

Interview: Exchequer secretary David Gauke

Exchequer secretary to the Treasury David Gauke talks tax, RTI, business and the accountancy profession

25 Apr 2013

Luxembourg follows G5’s lead in tax information exchange

Luxembourg will sign up to the EU Savings Directive, leaving Austria the last nation yet to sign

11 Apr 2013

Government in tax information exchange with four major EU states

The UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain strike an automatic tax information-sharing deal

10 Apr 2013

Hollande denies covering up minister's tax fraud

François Hollande denies he was aware of former Budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac's secret foreign bank account

04 Apr 2013

Insolvency tax dodgers face five-year scrutiny by HMRC

Tax evaders face monitoring by HMRC for up to five years in order to ensure they pay tax owed

27 Mar 2013

Budget 2013: Osborne continues crusade against avoidance

The chancellor reiterates the government's hardline stance on tax avoidance and evasion in his 2013 Budget statement

20 Mar 2013

UK strikes tax disclosure deal with Guernsey

Subject to approval by Guernsey's parliament, the Channel Island is to enter into a tax disclosure deal with the UK

15 Mar 2013

Colin: The cat that lost the cream

Colin wonders what might be next for the Manx cat after the UK-Manx tax disclosure deal

25 Feb 2013

Name-and-shame policy must be used sparingly

After naming and shaming deliberate tax defaulters for the first time, HM Revenue & Customs must use the tactic sparingly

25 Feb 2013

HMRC names tax cheats for first time

Having been encouraged to earlier in the week by MPs, HM Revenue & Customs publishes a list of deliberate tax defaulters

21 Feb 2013

Businessmen jailed for hiding £500,000 in offshore accounts

Two businessmen face jail terms after evading £500,000 in income tax over a six-year period

21 Feb 2013

Taxman reaches deal with Isle of Man

An automatic disclosure deal is struck between the UK and the Isle of Man

20 Feb 2013

Taskforce in self-assessment tax cheats crackdown

Taxman launches taskforce to crackdown on self-assessment cheats in London and the South-East

13 Feb 2013

QC jailed after £600,000 VAT fraud

Rohan Pershad QC told authorities he thought he could get away with not paying £600,000 in VAT

12 Feb 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

Top 32 tax cheats get combined 152 years behind bars

HMRC has caught 32 of its most wanted tax dodgers of 2012

04 Jan 2013

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#AAYP 2013: Talent is ageless, but youth unemployment is a problem

The principles of developing future leaders apply whether you've just left school or got years of experience under your belt

To quota or not to quota: that is the problem

Women on board quotas may have a bad rep, but it’s the only way to address inherent bias argues Fiona Hotston Moore

#AAYP 2013: Soft skills will be a necessity to being competitive

Accountants must continue to add value by advising our clients more predominantly on their structure and their long-term objective

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Walk before you can run, lessons on choosing the right IT system

Stepping back and choosing a simpler IT system might be the best way forward for the business explains Christophe Letellier

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

It was less Wacky Races and more Sunday driving as a team from Reeves helped raise £15,000 for charity as part of a race to Monaco

Colin: Democracy bureaucracy

Colin wonders what the ICAEW's discussions over the botched ballot were like

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