Cameron under pressure to hit tax avoidance in British overseas territories
Corporate Tax

Cameron under pressure to hit tax avoidance in British overseas territories

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Cameron under pressure to hit tax avoidance in Bri...

Prime minister pressed to renew tax avoidance crackdown in British overseas territories Read More...

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Four KPMG partners arrested in tax evasion investigation
People In Practice

Four KPMG partners arrested in tax evasion investigation

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Four KPMG partners arrested in tax evasion investi...

Four of KPMG's most senior partners in Northern Ireland arrested as part of a tax evasion investigation Read More...

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Just weeks left for clients to use LDF
Personal Tax

Just weeks left for clients to use LDF

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Just weeks left for clients to use LDF

Liechtenstein Disclosure facility will close on 31 December, meaning the favourable settlement rates offered to those holding offshore assets will be ...

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Advisers keen to see IR35 shortcomings addressed in Autumn Statement
Corporate Tax

Advisers keen to see IR35 shortcomings addressed in Autumn Statement

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Advisers keen to see IR35 shortcomings addressed i...

A round-up of what lies in store during the chancellor's Autumn Statement 2015 Read More...

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Hodge calls for evidence as new tax committee prepares for first hearing
Corporate Tax

Hodge calls for evidence as new tax committee prepares for first hearing

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Hodge calls for evidence as new tax committee prep...

New committee wants to create a "shared understanding of what responsible tax behaviour looks like" Read More...

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PAYE and self-assessment tax gap grows to £8.5bn
Administration

PAYE and self-assessment tax gap grows to £8.5bn

8y Chris Warmoll , Writer

PAYE and self-assessment tax gap grows to £8.5bn

Pinsent Masons says much of the gap will relate to avoidance and evasion Read More...

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Tax taskforces add £109m to public purse in six months
Corporate Tax

Tax taskforces add £109m to public purse in six months

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Tax taskforces add £109m to public purse in six mo...

Figure for tax taskforces includes £64.9m recovered in the first three months of this year Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Strict liability and Facebook UK's tax bill
Corporate Tax

Friday Afternoon Live: Strict liability and Facebook UK's tax bill

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Friday Afternoon Live: Strict liability and Facebo...

Accountancy Age editor Kevin Reed discusses the week's biggest accountancy stories Read More...

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CIoT: Clarity needed on corporate tax evasion law
Accounting Standards

CIoT: Clarity needed on corporate tax evasion law

8y Calum Fuller , Reporter

CIoT: Clarity needed on corporate tax evasion law

CIoT critical of mixed messages behind proposed corporate tax evasion law Read More...

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HMRC offshore tax evasion proposals 'seriously flawed', claim lawyers
Personal Tax

HMRC offshore tax evasion proposals 'seriously flawed', claim lawyers

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC offshore tax evasion proposals 'seriously fla...

Strict liability offence "inherently unfair", law firm Kingsley Napley says Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: OECD's BEPS project & non-doms
Corporate Tax

Friday Afternoon Live: OECD's BEPS project & non-doms

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Friday Afternoon Live: OECD's BEPS project & non-d...

Reporter Calum Fuller talks through the week's biggest accounting news Read More...

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Reading businessman who stole employees’ tax jailed
Personal Tax

Reading businessman who stole employees’ tax jailed

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Reading businessman who stole employees’ tax jaile...

Kenneth Crookes deducted tax and NICs from employees' pay packets but did not pass them on to HMRC Read More...

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Hodge appointed to head new tax responsibility committee
Corporate Tax

Hodge appointed to head new tax responsibility committee

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Hodge appointed to head new tax responsibility com...

Margaret Hodge to head up newly-formed committee examining tax issues Read More...

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OECD releases three automatic information exchange reports
Corporate Tax

OECD releases three automatic information exchange reports

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

OECD releases three automatic information exchange...

OECD releases guidance framework for automatic exchange of financial information as it continues crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion Read More...

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Average tax enquiry now takes three months
Corporate Tax

Average tax enquiry now takes three months

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Average tax enquiry now takes three months

The average tax investigation now takes three months, according to data from tax investigations insurer PFP Read More...

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Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility end date brought forward
Corporate Tax

Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility end date brought forward

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility end date brought...

HMRC's most generous offshore settlement regime is to end this year Read More...

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HMRC pays out highest-ever amount to tax whistleblowers
Personal Tax

HMRC pays out highest-ever amount to tax whistleblowers

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC pays out highest-ever amount to tax whistlebl...

£605,000 paid out by HMRC to tax informants Read More...

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Hartnett ‘surprised’ at single conviction from HSBC data
Personal Tax

Hartnett ‘surprised’ at single conviction from HSBC data

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Hartnett ‘surprised’ at single conviction from HSB...

Former HMRC permanent secretary admits to PAC he expected more prosecutions from stolen HSBC Suisse data, but denies any responsibilty Read More...

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£4m VAT fraudsters jailed for 20 years
Corporate Tax

£4m VAT fraudsters jailed for 20 years

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

£4m VAT fraudsters jailed for 20 years

Deceased associate's account used to launder millions of pounds of VAT from the taxman Read More...

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Government outlines new offences in evasion clampdown
Corporate Tax

Government outlines new offences in evasion clampdown

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Government outlines new offences in evasion clampd...

Professionals face criminal sanctions if they enable tax evasion under new government regime Read More...

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Taking Stock: Actors and tax - never be-twain shall meet
Corporate Tax

Taking Stock: Actors and tax - never be-twain shall meet

9y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Actors and tax - never be-twain shal...

Acting couple Emma Thompson and Greg Wise have waded into HSBC's tax furore Read More...

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HMRC confirms HSBC Swiss data can now be shared
Corporate Tax

HMRC confirms HSBC Swiss data can now be shared

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC confirms HSBC Swiss data can now be shared

Leaked data was previously subject to "very strict treaty conditions" Read More...

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Falciani’s original 2008 HSBC e-mail to HMRC surfaces
Personal Tax

Falciani’s original 2008 HSBC e-mail to HMRC surfaces

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Falciani’s original 2008 HSBC e-mail to HMRC surfa...

The e-mail that led to the so-called 'Lagarde List', exposing thousands of tax evaders, has surfaced and been published in a French newspaper Read Mor...

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HMRC underused HSBC data, PAC claims
Corporate Tax

HMRC underused HSBC data, PAC claims

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC underused HSBC data, PAC claims

HMRC did not adequately use the data provided from the HSBC data leak to pursue UK tax evaders, the Public Accounts Committee suggests Read More...

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HSBC accused of ‘helping clients avoid millions in tax’
Personal Tax

HSBC accused of ‘helping clients avoid millions in tax’

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HSBC accused of ‘helping clients avoid millions in...

Investigation accuses HSBC of actively helping clients dodge tax Read More...

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HMRC turns attention to horsebox owners in evasion clampdown
Corporate Tax

HMRC turns attention to horsebox owners in evasion clampdown

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC turns attention to horsebox owners in evasion...

Owners of horseboxes to be investigated for potential false claims Read More...

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Migrants to suffer if 'strict liability' tax rules enacted, warns LITRG
Personal Tax

Migrants to suffer if 'strict liability' tax rules enacted, warns LITRG

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Migrants to suffer if 'strict liability' tax rules...

Migrants to the UK may find small amounts earned in their home country could see them fall foul of proposed strict liability law on offshore tax evasi...

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