AS2013: 'Pay now' regime set for tax avoidance disputes
Corporate Tax

AS2013: 'Pay now' regime set for tax avoidance disputes

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

AS2013: 'Pay now' regime set for tax avoidance dis...

Tax disputes are to place a cashflow burden on those arguing against the taxman Read More...

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Warning as HMRC changes tax rules for overseas whole of life
Personal Tax

Warning as HMRC changes tax rules for overseas whole of life

10y Idris Nagri

Warning as HMRC changes tax rules for overseas who...

HMRC rethinks position on non-domiciles' UK -insurer life insurance policies Read More...

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Google tax whistleblower goes public
Corporate Governance

Google tax whistleblower goes public

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Google tax whistleblower goes public

Former employee Barney Jones gets chatty with the PAC over Google's sales strategy Read More...

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HMRC trawling social media to find evidence of tax fraud
Corporate Tax

HMRC trawling social media to find evidence of tax fraud

11y Idris Nagri

HMRC trawling social media to find evidence of tax...

Openly available web data being fed into HMRC's anti-fraud data warehouse Read More...

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80,000 phishing emails reported to HMRC
Personal Tax

80,000 phishing emails reported to HMRC

11y Idris Nagri

80,000 phishing emails reported to HMRC

Tens of thousands of taxpayers report instances of fraudulent emails purporting to be from HMRC Read More...

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Confusion over the term "tax avoidance", says Oxford Uni study
Corporate Tax

Confusion over the term "tax avoidance", says Oxford Uni study

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

Confusion over the term "tax avoidance", says Oxfo...

Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation sets out different types of tax avoidance Read More...

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MPs accuse HMRC of failing to deal with corporate tax avoiders
Administration

MPs accuse HMRC of failing to deal with corporate tax avoiders

11y Kevin Reed , Writer

MPs accuse HMRC of failing to deal with corporate ...

MPs claim that smaller, less powerful, businesses get tougher treatment than big corporates on their tax affairs Read More...

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Dragon’s Den PR's HMRC court date pushed back
Accounting Firms

Dragon’s Den PR's HMRC court date pushed back

12y Idris Nagri

Dragon’s Den PR's HMRC court date pushed back

Richard Hillgrove’s solicitors push back HMRC court date Read More...

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Scottish parliament to discuss tax powers
Administration

Scottish parliament to discuss tax powers

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Scottish parliament to discuss tax powers

Scottish parliament to scrutinise tax powers devolved from Westminster when its Finance Committee convenes today Read More...

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Do I need to give that to the Revenue?
Corporate Tax

Do I need to give that to the Revenue?

12y Idris Nagri

Do I need to give that to the Revenue?

Don't hand over client documentation to HMRC without thinking about it, warns Phil Berwick Read More...

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Crackdown will “keep avoiders up at night” - Gauke
Corporate Tax

Crackdown will “keep avoiders up at night” - Gauke

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Crackdown will “keep avoiders up at night” - Gauke

After the announcement of the disclosure of tax avoidance schemes consultation, practitioners are concerned over the range of powers HMRC could be gra...

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HMRC: In the right direction
Corporate Governance

HMRC: In the right direction

12y Idris Nagri

HMRC: In the right direction

HMRC vigorously defends its record, following a tax advisor's less than complimentary thoughts about the taxman Read More...

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Tax: Don't go back in the future
Corporate Tax

Tax: Don't go back in the future

12y Idris Nagri

Tax: Don't go back in the future

Forget retrospection and instead put the GAAR together properly to create certainty for business, says Gary Richards Read More...

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Tyrie wants HMRC to have greater policy input
Administration

Tyrie wants HMRC to have greater policy input

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Tyrie wants HMRC to have greater policy input

The chairman of the Treasury Select Committee would like to see HMRC have greater involvement in the formulation of policy Read More...

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HMRC needs top-to-bottom improvement
Administration

HMRC needs top-to-bottom improvement

12y Idris Nagri

HMRC needs top-to-bottom improvement

HMRC is struggling to bring in leadership at the top - while being forced to shed good staff at the bottom, says Mike Straughan Read More...

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HMRC to toughen up on tax fraud
Personal Tax

HMRC to toughen up on tax fraud

12y Idris Nagri

HMRC to toughen up on tax fraud

HMRC offers up 'contract' to confessors Read More...

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Taxman gains power to bill for court costs
Corporate Tax

Taxman gains power to bill for court costs

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Taxman gains power to bill for court costs

HMRC will be able to charge solicitor's costs on county court case wins Read More...

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Budget Predictions 2: The Chancellor Strikes Back
Business Regulation

Budget Predictions 2: The Chancellor Strikes Back

12y Idris Nagri

Budget Predictions 2: The Chancellor Strikes Back

As if our first round of Budget predictions wasn't enough, another slew of opinions have been formed about the content of tomorrow's statement Read Mo...

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Osborne's tax avoidance crackdown will target big business
Corporate Tax

Osborne's tax avoidance crackdown will target big business

12y Idris Nagri

Osborne's tax avoidance crackdown will target big ...

Big business faces permanent tax crackdown on abusive avoidance schemes under plans to be unveiled in Wednesday's Budget. Read More...

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Taxman offers online traders six-month tax evasion amnesty
Personal Tax

Taxman offers online traders six-month tax evasion amnesty

12y Idris Nagri

Taxman offers online traders six-month tax evasion...

Online traders given six months to come clean about tax owed under a new tax campaign by HM Revenue and Customs Read More...

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Tax amnesties: Big or small?
Personal Tax

Tax amnesties: Big or small?

12y Idris Nagri

Tax amnesties: Big or small?

A general tax disclosure facility would be more effective than targeted amnesties, according to the Chartered Institute of Taxation, but some experts ...

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Committee's questions over tax and large business
Corporate Governance

Committee's questions over tax and large business

12y Idris Nagri

Committee's questions over tax and large business

Treasury Select Committee's report pulls together its feelings the taxman's dealings with large business Read More...

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Advisors want a general tax amnesty
Personal Tax

Advisors want a general tax amnesty

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Advisors want a general tax amnesty

An all-encompassing tax amnesty should be introduced, say tax advisors Read More...

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Compliance reforms help taxman boost tax yields by £4.3bn
Administration

Compliance reforms help taxman boost tax yields by £4.3bn

12y Idris Nagri

Compliance reforms help taxman boost tax yields by...

NAO report finds changes to how HMRC tackles tax evasion increased tax yields by £4.3bn between 2006 and 2011, although there is still room for improv...

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Barclays auditor PwC did not advise on avoidance schemes
Corporate Tax

Barclays auditor PwC did not advise on avoidance schemes

12y Idris Nagri

Barclays auditor PwC did not advise on avoidance s...

Barclays used unnamed advisor for two avoidance schemes closed by the Treasury, which tried to avoid £500m in tax Read More...

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New tax commissioner should come from private sector
Corporate Governance

New tax commissioner should come from private sector

12y Idris Nagri

New tax commissioner should come from private sect...

A new commissioner to sign off major corporate tax disputes should come from outside HMRC, say tax advisors Read More...

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HMRC's tax settlement governance overhauled
Corporate Governance

HMRC's tax settlement governance overhauled

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

HMRC's tax settlement governance overhauled

More transparency and independence for HMRC's large business settlements Read More...

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