HMRC terminates bonus scheme used by major banks to avoid PAYE and NIC payments, and is now on the hunt for an additional £30m in avoided tax Read Mor...
View articleThe taxman conducted 20 interviews with previous scheme users to gain an insight into why people enter into tax avoidance agreements Read More...
View articleThe economic well-being organisation is launching a new framework to increase the amount of countries participating in its BEPS initiative Read More...
View articleThe French government seeks a deal ten times greater than the one Google struck with HMRC, with the PAC labelling the £130m sum as “disproportionally ...
View articleThe taxman has reviewed its draft legislation on tax avoidance hallmarks after receiving multiple concerns from taxpayers Read More...
View articleThe chancellor received a £1,230 pay out from his families tax avoiding wallpaper business, despite publicly describing tax avoidance as "morally repu...
View articleEuropean Commission pledges to look into Ikea’s tax affairs after a report uncovered aggressive tax avoidance schemes used between 2009 and 2014 Read ...
View articleLooking past the “grandstanding and bear-baiting” from the PAC, there are a handful of things that can be taken away from the hearing with Google and ...
View articleAppearing before MPs, HMRC chief executive Dame Lin Homer denies the taxman gets "outmanoeuvred" by the likes of Google Read More...
View articleCIoT fears that not enough information has been given to taxpayers over GAAR and its penalties Read More...
View articleHMRC issues 3,000 APNs every month and expects to claim £5bn in payments by 2020 Read More...
View articleAccountancy Age speaks to Steve Lewis, the coffee shop owner who wants to become the next leader of HMRC and go head-to-head with tax avoiding multina...
View articleHMRC warns companies away from tax avoidance scheme seven years after it was introduced Read More...
View articleResearch suggests that HMRC reform has pushed former workers into the private sector where they apply their ‘insider’ knowledge to help companies avoi...
View articleThe business raised more than £800,000 on Crowdcube last year, making it one of the biggest breakdowns involving a crowdfunded company Read More...
View articleKevin Reed discusses the week's news Read More...
View articleEC calls on member states to take a stronger and more coordinated stance against tax avoidance Read More...
View articleEU competition commission Margrethe Vestager opens door to potential investigation in Google's tax affairs Read More...
View articleOECD deal on country-by-country tax reporting signed by 31 nations Read More...
View articleThe chancellor and head of Google should explain tax deal in front of European Parliamentary Committee Read More...
View articleGoogle's £130m settlement with HMRC could negatively affect public's relationship with tax authority, advisers tell Accountancy Age Read More...
View articleGoogle tax deal is a short-term UK success that undermines longer-term international efforts to clamp down on tax avoidance Read More...
View article‘IF multinational corporations can get away with it, why can’t we?’ was the question asked by one of Crickhowell’s SME owners on BBC Two’s documentary...
View articleHMRC admits 2,000 pay up front tax demands should never have been issued Read More...
View articleBelgium has given a select number of multinationals substantial tax advantages that break EU state aid rules, says Vestager Read More...
View articleColin muses on the view taken by certain corporates on Lin Homer's departure from HMRC Read More...
View articleOur wonderful cartoonist Higgins has taken a Colin-eyed view of 2015. It's basically all the best Colin cartoons on Youtube... Read More...
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