The government is to backdate its life insurance tax crackdown to take effect before the next Finance Bill, which implements it, comes into force. Rea...
View articleThe Treasury have been accused of taking a blinkered view of environmental taxation after appearing to reject proposals for a 9p plastic bag tax. Read...
View articleAn Inland Revenue crackdown on tax avoidance by life insurance companies has been signalled in the Commons by paymaster general Dawn Primarolo. Read M...
View articleIt would be a sad day were the UK to lose its sovereignty but, in tax terms at least, that day is already upon us. Read More...
View articleTreasury could gain £50bn a year from tax haven clampdown, but critics blast 'business-unfriendly' plans. Read More...
View articleSir Nick Montagu, chairman of the Inland Revenue, has reiterated his vigilance in fighting artificial tax avoidance schemes. Read More...
View articleInland Revenue Special Commissioners have been accused of misconstruing case law in its decision to throw out a Marks and Spencer's tax appeal. Read M...
View articleThe Israeli government has again ceased payments of frozen tax revenues to the Palestinian National Authority even though it had recently reached agre...
View articleMorals will pay a far greater role in the future payment of tax, according to Sir Nick Montagu, chairman of the Inland Revenue. Read More...
View articleThe Inland Revenue annual report, released today, highlights a significant reduction in revenue raised through non-compliance investigations. Read Mor...
View articleAccording to reports in the Spanish press, the UK will face European Court of Justice proceedings over Gibraltar's VAT regime. Read More...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has been accused of 'the most extraordinary catalogue of cock-ups' after admitting they signed up to a deal involving the transfer ...
View articleCustoms has been ordered to improve the audit trails of seized material following evidence some has been sold off on the black market. Read More...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has been accused of bungling a flagship PFI deal by insinuating it may underwrite the contractors liabilities with taxpayers' money...
View articleThe amount of unpaid VAT and excise duty may total as much as £17.3bn a year, according to a study published by the National Audit Office. Read More...
View articleCustoms have recruited 'highly specialised anti-avoidance experts' in a bid to reduce between £7bn and £10bn the amount of revenue missing from VAT. R...
View articleThe UK Treasury looks set to be handed a 'thoroughly unwelcome Christmas present' on Thursday, as the European Court of Justice finally delivers a rul...
View articleA report by the National Audit Office has found that the Inland Revenue paid £53m in tax credits to people who did not qualify for them, while not pay...
View articleThe Inland Revenue is not an institution that normally attracts much sympathy. But when it comes to e-filing there is evidence - well crumbs of eviden...
View articleThe European Union will make a last-ditch effort to persuade Switzerland to end a dispute over new rules for savings taxation. Read More...
View articleThe largest tax case in UK history got underway yesterday as solicitors battled it out with the Inland Revenue over a case which could ultimately cost...
View articleExperts have slammed the latest draft legislation for the new version of Stamp Duty, which was released by the Inland Revenue yesterday. Read More...
View articleThe High Court judge appointed to head the inquiry into the circumstances in which Customs was forced to abandon a case involving up to £680m in missi...
View articleA thousand VAT men are being diverted to crackdown on tax avoidance in a bid to rake in £2bn a year in missing revenue by 2005/06. Read More...
View articleIn his opening speech at the Hardman Memorial Lecture earlier this month, Ian Hayes, chairman of the ICAEW faculty of tax described Richard Broadbent ...
View articleAn independent judicial inquiry has been launched into Customs' disclosure, investigation techniques and case management after the collapse of a major...
View articleCombating tax evasion could be done through the introduction of a new accreditation program for tax advisers, the head of Customs & Excise has sai...
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