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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

09 Feb 2012

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

Acquittal of Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric marks ignominious end to five-year police and HMRC investigation into alleged football corruption that faiiled to secure a single conviction

09 Feb 2012

Colin Redknapp

Colin: Redknapp's in the doghouse

A Redknapp is caught out

26 Jan 2012

UK's link to offshore financial centres is positive

Reasoned debate on the role of ‘tax havens' is valid, but the UK should not ignore the benefits they bring, urges Mark Field MP

11 Nov 2011

MP calls for less regulation on tax havens

Tory MP Mark Field says offshore financial centres are an economic benefit for the UK

02 Nov 2011

Swiss say 'hard cheese' to tax transparency

The UK's recent tax agreement with the Swiss authorities by no means signals the death of the tax haven, writes Ben Jones

19 Oct 2011

98 FTSE 100 companies use tax havens

ActionAid report shows that 38% of overseas subsidiaries are located in tax havens

11 Oct 2011

Colin - Rocketing costs

Colin's take on tax changes reaches new levels

02 Sep 2011

Swiss agreement: the international ramifications

The deal between UK and Switzerland will affect the fight against tax havens across the world

01 Sep 2011

PFI shareholders are using tax havens, MPs find

A Public Accounts Committee report on the Private Finance Initiative finds high use of offshore accounts by investors

01 Sep 2011

Panama and BVI next targets for taxman

Senior HMRC sources turn their attention to the British Virgin Islands and Panama

31 Aug 2011

Taxman's skeleton arguments made public in landmark ruling

James Kessler QC's wins request for HMRC skeleton arguments against Gaines-Cooper to be made publically available

05 Aug 2011

Tax regime hitting videogames industry investment

Tiga warns that UK is losing out to Canada due to tax breaks

22 Jul 2011

Attention turns to News Corp tax affairs

News Corp's effective tax rate below US corporate tax rate

13 Jul 2011

Tax residency for the iPhone generation

Mobile technologies could impact where businesses are classed as resident for tax purposes, suggest Kevin Hindley and Daniel Barton

08 Jul 2011

Controlled foreign companies consultation launched

Stakeholders have until 22 September to respond

30 Jun 2011

Southern Cross landlords 'send money to tax havens'

The landlords of the troubled care home providers are investing in low-tax offshore accounts

27 Jun 2011

Equity in PFI projects "being moved offshore"

A report by the European Services Strategy Unit has said that Private Finance Initiative companies are moving their equity to tax havens

20 Jun 2011

Hartnett bemoans "opaque" disguised remuneration schemes

Tax secretary Dave Hartnett tells the Lords of the difficulty nailing down offshore employee benefit trust tax avoidance schemes

26 May 2011

Alliance Boots defends tax position

FD reveals confusion over targeting of Boots by UK Uncut

17 May 2011

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Penny Avis' book Nevermind the Botox Rachel

Video: From corporate finance to author

Rachael Singh interviews self-published author and former Deloitte partner Penny Avis on her novel "Nevermind the Botox Rachel"

ABI wants cover for insurance accounting

With insurance accounting up in the air, the ABI wants the right balance between consistency of application while avoiding the burden of new rules

Permanently check out of business record-keeping scheme

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

Bankruptcy tourism - it's not a holiday

Foreign nationals may think it is an easy ride to bankrupt themselves here, but Neil Smyth warns it is just as tough

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The benefits and pitfalls of partnership status

Solicitor Tim Marshall explains the issues to bear in mind when thinking about your firm's structure

Who’s not Who?

IT SEEMS Deloitte's CEO David Sproul has been left in the shadows by colleague Louise Brittain.

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