Film tax scheme failed to function, tribunal finds
Personal Tax

Film tax scheme failed to function, tribunal finds

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Film tax scheme failed to function, tribunal finds

Investors in a film rights tax avoidance scheme end up out of pocket after a first-tier tribunal rules it did not function Read More...

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ICAEW right to defend taxman’s efforts to curb avoidance
Accounting Standards

ICAEW right to defend taxman’s efforts to curb avoidance

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

ICAEW right to defend taxman’s efforts to curb avo...

The ICAEW was right to defend HMRC's track record on tackling tax avoidance following PAC criticism, writes Calum Fuller Read More...

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Tribunal shuts down £156m avoidance scheme
Corporate Tax

Tribunal shuts down £156m avoidance scheme

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Tribunal shuts down £156m avoidance scheme

A tax avoidance scheme ring-fencing £156m from the taxman is shut down after defeat at the first-tier tribunal Read More...

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KPMG tops carbon list for second year in a row
Corporate Governance

KPMG tops carbon list for second year in a row

13y Rachael Singh

KPMG tops carbon list for second year in a row

KPMG most carbon friendly of the Big Four according to carbon reduction commitment annual league table Read More...

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VAT fraud QC to serve three-and-a-half-years
Legal

VAT fraud QC to serve three-and-a-half-years

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

VAT fraud QC to serve three-and-a-half-years

Rohan Pershad QC will serve three-and-a-half-years in prison having been found guilty of failing to pay £600,000 in VAT Read More...

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PAC not giving taxman enough credit - ICAEW
Accounting Standards

PAC not giving taxman enough credit - ICAEW

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

PAC not giving taxman enough credit - ICAEW

The ICAEW moves to defend HMRC's role in tackling tax avoidance after the Public Accounts Committee's criticism in its latest report Read More...

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Scottish businesses in line for £400m tax bill
Corporate Tax

Scottish businesses in line for £400m tax bill

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Scottish businesses in line for £400m tax bill

Scottish companies using employee benefit trusts provided by Premier Strategies could face a collective £400m tax bill Read More...

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Taking Stock: Hammer time information
Corporate Finance

Taking Stock: Hammer time information

13y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Hammer time information

TS loves a bit of hip hop, and what's better than a hip-hop song about PAYE? Read More...

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Name-and-shame policy must be used sparingly
Corporate Tax

Name-and-shame policy must be used sparingly

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

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 Read More...

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Best Practice: AC Mole & Sons
Accounting Firms

Best Practice: AC Mole & Sons

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Best Practice: AC Mole & Sons

AC Mole managing partner Steve Golby and tax partner Paul Aplin discuss the firm's colourful past, the issues it currently faces - and the future Rea...

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Portsmouth administrators granted court date
Business Recovery

Portsmouth administrators granted court date

13y Rachael Singh

Portsmouth administrators granted court date

PKF administrators finally receive a court hearing date to decide the future of collapsed club Portsmouth FC Read More...

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Businessmen jailed for hiding £500,000 in offshore accounts
Corporate Tax

Businessmen jailed for hiding £500,000 in offshore accounts

13y Beth Abel

Businessmen jailed for hiding £500,000 in offshore...

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

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Chantrey Vellacott administrators save pub chain
Business Recovery

Chantrey Vellacott administrators save pub chain

13y Rachael Singh

Chantrey Vellacott administrators save pub chain

Administrators manage to save more than 200 jobs at collapsed London pub chain Antic Read More...

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Seven fines in five years for undisclosed avoidance schemes
Corporate Tax

Seven fines in five years for undisclosed avoidance schemes

13y Beth Abel

Seven fines in five years for undisclosed avoidanc...

The taxman issues only seven fines for failure to comply with tax avoidance disclosure legislation Read More...

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Taxman reaches deal with Isle of Man
Personal Tax

Taxman reaches deal with Isle of Man

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Taxman reaches deal with Isle of Man

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

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Taxman sends out 850,000 penalty notices
Personal Tax

Taxman sends out 850,000 penalty notices

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Taxman sends out 850,000 penalty notices

HM Revenue & Customs issues 850,000 penalty notices to taxpayers late in filing their self-assessment returns Read More...

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UK water companies accused of tax avoidance
Corporate Tax

UK water companies accused of tax avoidance

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

UK water companies accused of tax avoidance

Six water companies avoided paying a total of £3.4bn in tax, a report by corporate research group Corporate Watch claims Read More...

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Hodge lambasts taxman over fraud progress
Corporate Tax

Hodge lambasts taxman over fraud progress

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Hodge lambasts taxman over fraud progress

HM Revenue & Customs saved £500m in tackling tax credit fraud and error over two years, instead of the £1.4bn it targeted Read More...

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Taskforce in self-assessment tax cheats crackdown
Personal Tax

Taskforce in self-assessment tax cheats crackdown

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Taskforce in self-assessment tax cheats crackdown

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

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Government 'squandering' chance to simplify tax for SMEs
Corporate Tax

Government 'squandering' chance to simplify tax for SMEs

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Government 'squandering' chance to simplify tax fo...

A clause in the Finance Bill 2013 designed to allow small businesses to account on cash basis is "unnecessarily complicated" says the ATT Read More...

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QC jailed after £600,000 VAT fraud
Legal

QC jailed after £600,000 VAT fraud

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

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 Read More...

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Media Corporation uncovers national insurance liability
Personal Tax

Media Corporation uncovers national insurance liability

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Media Corporation uncovers national insurance liab...

Internet media company Media Corporation uncovers potential liability to HMRC Read More...

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Alternative Dispute Resolution a permanent option for SMEs
Corporate Tax

Alternative Dispute Resolution a permanent option for SMEs

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Alternative Dispute Resolution a permanent option ...

HM Revenue & Customs introduces alternative Dispute Resolution nationwide for individuals and small businesses Read More...

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Advisers seek £30,000 tax fighting fund
Accounting Firms

Advisers seek £30,000 tax fighting fund

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Advisers seek £30,000 tax fighting fund

Francis Clark seeks to raise funds to take Pawson case to the Court of Appeal Read More...

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Broader GAAR would cause “uncertainty”, Lords told
Corporate Tax

Broader GAAR would cause “uncertainty”, Lords told

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Broader GAAR would cause “uncertainty”, Lords told

Wider GAAR would give HM Revenue & Customs too much discretion the Lords' Economic Affairs and Finance Bill Sub-Committee is told Read More...

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Taxman given green light to challenge Rangers ruling
Corporate Tax

Taxman given green light to challenge Rangers ruling

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Taxman given green light to challenge Rangers ruli...

HM Revenue & Customs receives permission to pursue tax claim against Rangers FC in the upper-tier tribunal Read More...

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Should the government red card the football creditor rule?
Business Recovery

Should the government red card the football creditor rule?

13y Rachael Singh

Should the government red card the football credit...

What does the profession think of the controversial insolvency rule? Both sides take to the pitch, writes Rachael Singh Read More...

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Legal professional privilege “essential”, say readers
Accounting Standards

Legal professional privilege “essential”, say readers

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Legal professional privilege “essential”, say read...

Accountancy Age readers make clear they see legal professional privilege as essential to their ability to practice, after a poll Read More...

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