When tax planning goes wrong
Administration

When tax planning goes wrong

15y Paul Sutton

When tax planning goes wrong

Experts make tax planning sound easy, but it can go horribly wrong Read More...

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Breaking: Treasury closes machinery tax avoidance scheme
Corporate Tax

Breaking: Treasury closes machinery tax avoidance scheme

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Breaking: Treasury closes machinery tax avoidance ...

Plant and machinery tax avoidance scheme worth hundreds of millions of pounds closed by the Treasury Read More...

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Plumbers offered tax amnesty
Personal Tax

Plumbers offered tax amnesty

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Plumbers offered tax amnesty

Plumbers will only have to pay undeclared tax for the past five years and pay penalties of 10%, Accountancy Age can reveal Read More...

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CBI calls for corporation tax below 24%
Corporate Tax

CBI calls for corporation tax below 24%

15y Gavin Hinks

CBI calls for corporation tax below 24%

Business group calls for low corporation taxes and criticises proposals for UK owned foreign companies Read More...

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CIOT questions whether taxman has resources to monitor tax evaders
Corporate Tax

CIOT questions whether taxman has resources to monitor tax evaders

15y Jaimie Kaffash

CIOT questions whether taxman has resources to mon...

The Chartered Institute of Taxation has questioned whether HMRC has adequate resources to implement its Managing Deliberate Defaulters programme Read ...

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HMRC will not punish "genuine" deferred bankers' bonuses
Personal Tax

HMRC will not punish "genuine" deferred bankers' bonuses

15y Jaimie Kaffash

HMRC will not punish "genuine" deferred bankers' b...

HM Revenue & Customs has said that tough new tax legislation will only affect the deferral of bonuses intended to avoid tax Read More...

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EC ruling could "significantly" hit UK tax take
Business Regulation

EC ruling could "significantly" hit UK tax take

15y Jaimie Kaffash

EC ruling could "significantly" hit UK tax take

An EC request for the UK to withdraw two pieces of anti-avoidance tax legislation will harm the Exchequer Read More...

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ProgTax blog illuminates Vodafone deal
Corporate Tax

ProgTax blog illuminates Vodafone deal

15y Gavin Hinks

ProgTax blog illuminates Vodafone deal

BIG TAX AVOIDANCE schemes have a new foe – the Progressive Tax Blog. Just launched, the blog took as it’s first subject HMRC’s settl...

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Jersey to keep its 0/10 corporate tax regime
Corporate Tax

Jersey to keep its 0/10 corporate tax regime

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Jersey to keep its 0/10 corporate tax regime

Jersey to maintain its corporate tax regime, albeit with changes to satisfy the EU Read More...

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Non-doms face new levy
Personal Tax

Non-doms face new levy

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Non-doms face new levy

Chancellor Osborne considers flat rate levy for all non-doms Read More...

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IR35 and income tax/NI top advisers' bugbears
Administration

IR35 and income tax/NI top advisers' bugbears

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

IR35 and income tax/NI top advisers' bugbears

Office of Tax Simplification roadshow events highlight advisers' and SMEs' main issues with the UK's tax system Read More...

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Tax system: cleaner required
Administration

Tax system: cleaner required

15y Accountancy Age

Tax system: cleaner required

Proposals to simplify the hugely complex UK tax system don’t go far enough - it needs more than just a spring clean Read More...

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Arrests herald HMRC's new stance on tax evasion
Administration

Arrests herald HMRC's new stance on tax evasion

15y Nick Huber

Arrests herald HMRC's new stance on tax evasion

Taxman gets tough: arrests over offshore accounts mark a new chapter in HMRC’s fight against tax evasion Read More...

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World according to GAAR
People Business

World according to GAAR

15y Gavin Hinks

World according to GAAR

Tax law ‘go to’ guy Graham Aaronson QC has been tasked to decide if a general anti-avoidance rule will work in the UK Read More...

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Baroness Ashton accused of exploiting tax loophole
Personal Tax

Baroness Ashton accused of exploiting tax loophole

16y Paul Grant

Baroness Ashton accused of exploiting tax loophole

EU foreign minister Baroness Ashton still paying low rates on £230,000 salary despite tax hikes for British MEPs Read More...

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NAO to probe HMRC settlements with mulitnationals
Administration

NAO to probe HMRC settlements with mulitnationals

16y Nick Huber

NAO to probe HMRC settlements with mulitnationals

National Audit Office to review HMRC's procedures for resolving tax disputes after claims that Vodafone was let off a £6bn bill Read More...

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HMRC cuts will produce surge in avoidance
Administration

HMRC cuts will produce surge in avoidance

16y Gavin Hinks

HMRC cuts will produce surge in avoidance

Union officials will warn a growth in avoidance and bigger tax gap will result from slashing HMRC's budget Read More...

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Group formed to study GAAR potential
Corporate Tax

Group formed to study GAAR potential

16y Paul Grant

Group formed to study GAAR potential

Study group to look at whether the UK would benefit from a general anti-avoidance rule and report back in October Read More...

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UK Uncut plans more tax avoidance protests for 30 Jan
Corporate Tax

UK Uncut plans more tax avoidance protests for 30 Jan

16y Nick Huber

UK Uncut plans more tax avoidance protests for 30 ...

Retailers face more disruption to their stores on 30 January, as protest group steps up campaign against corporate tax avoidance Read More...

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16,000 non-doms leave UK
Personal Tax

16,000 non-doms leave UK

16y Nick Huber

16,000 non-doms leave UK

Non-doms paid around £162m in a new tax levy in 2008-2009, according to Treasury estimates, but many have left the UK Read More...

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Firms braced for tax protests
Corporate Tax

Firms braced for tax protests

16y Nick Huber

Firms braced for tax protests

On the march: firms should be braced for protest over tax avoidance schemes for high street clients Read More...

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Barclays chief denies committee's tax avoidance claim
Corporate Tax

Barclays chief denies committee's tax avoidance claim

16y Accountancy Age

Barclays chief denies committee's tax avoidance cl...

Bob Diamond refutes Treasury Select Committee accusation that the bank avoids UK tax Read More...

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Government set for £9bn offshore tax boost
Corporate Tax

Government set for £9bn offshore tax boost

16y Nick Huber

Government set for £9bn offshore tax boost

The taxman's dealings with Liechtenstein and Switzerland set to boost Treasury coffers Read More...

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Tax advice standards streamlined by the profession
Accounting Standards

Tax advice standards streamlined by the profession

16y Nick Huber

Tax advice standards streamlined by the profession

Profesisonal tax bodies update and streamline guidance for advisers on how to cope with difficult situations Read More...

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HMRC needs to better target the stick
Corporate Tax

HMRC needs to better target the stick

16y Accountancy Age

HMRC needs to better target the stick

Hitting the most wealthy tax evaders with prosecution - and ditching the carrot - would reap great benefits for the taxman, says former tax inspector ...

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Questions raised over new Irish tax disclosure regime
Accounting Firms

Questions raised over new Irish tax disclosure regime

16y Kevin Reed , Writer

Questions raised over new Irish tax disclosure reg...

Irish advisers worried that tax scheme disclosures will place extra burden on the profession Read More...

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Tax simplification project arrows in on 74 reliefs
Administration

Tax simplification project arrows in on 74 reliefs

16y Nick Huber

Tax simplification project arrows in on 74 reliefs

Office of Tax Simplification focuses on 74 reliefs that could be simplified or scrapped Read More...

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