Coalition draws tax lines in the sand
Personal Tax

Coalition draws tax lines in the sand

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Coalition draws tax lines in the sand

Mansion tax likely to separate the coalition on policy Read More...

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Swiss deal combines pragmatism and a tough message
Personal Tax

Swiss deal combines pragmatism and a tough message

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Swiss deal combines pragmatism and a tough message

The deal with Switzerland is not only pragmatic, it also leaves evaders with little room for manoeuvre Read More...

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HMRC pulls off impressive Swiss deal
Corporate Tax

HMRC pulls off impressive Swiss deal

15y Jaimie Kaffash

HMRC pulls off impressive Swiss deal

The Switzerland agreement is better for the UK than anyone could have thought Read More...

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Liechtenstein remains best option, say advisors
Personal Tax

Liechtenstein remains best option, say advisors

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Liechtenstein remains best option, say advisors

LDF, not Switzerland, still the best way of disclosing tax liabilities, experts claim Read More...

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US court ruling to challenge Swiss bank secrecy
Personal Tax

US court ruling to challenge Swiss bank secrecy

15y Jaimie Kaffash

US court ruling to challenge Swiss bank secrecy

Appeals court rules that foreign bank accounts are not protected by fifth amendment Read More...

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Southern Cross landlord faces HMRC legal challenge
Corporate Tax

Southern Cross landlord faces HMRC legal challenge

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Southern Cross landlord faces HMRC legal challenge

Dividend payment of £46m comes under scrutiny Read More...

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Fast food retailers cook books, says HMRC
Corporate Tax

Fast food retailers cook books, says HMRC

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Fast food retailers cook books, says HMRC

Taxman to put the heat on London-based fast food retailers Read More...

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Plumbers campaign yields £328,000
Personal Tax

Plumbers campaign yields £328,000

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Plumbers campaign yields £328,000

The Plumbers Tax Safe Plan has yielded £328,756 from around 600 voluntary disclosures Read More...

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Santander UK chief faces tax evasion investigation
Personal Tax

Santander UK chief faces tax evasion investigation

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Santander UK chief faces tax evasion investigation

Ana Botín and 11 members of her family face investigations from Spanish tax authorities on a Swiss bank account Read More...

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Lords criticise government's tax strategy
Corporate Tax

Lords criticise government's tax strategy

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Lords criticise government's tax strategy

The House of Lords economic affairs committee said ministers' tax strategy was "inconsistent" Read More...

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Belgium lifts lid on 15,000 UK account holders
Personal Tax

Belgium lifts lid on 15,000 UK account holders

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Belgium lifts lid on 15,000 UK account holders

Belgium is the latest country to remove secrecy surrounding bank accounts, in a move that will affect 15,000 Britons Read More...

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Technology leaves evaders with "no hiding place"
Personal Tax

Technology leaves evaders with "no hiding place"

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Technology leaves evaders with "no hiding place"

New software tools have improved HMRC's targeting of tax evasion, advisors have said Read More...

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Private tutors next in line of HMRC's fire
Personal Tax

Private tutors next in line of HMRC's fire

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Private tutors next in line of HMRC's fire

HM Revenue & Customs has announced a new campaign to target private tutors Read More...

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US tax reforms could cost UK banks billions
Personal Tax

US tax reforms could cost UK banks billions

15y Jaimie Kaffash

US tax reforms could cost UK banks billions

UK banks are lobbying against US tax reforms that would require them to review all their US customers Read More...

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New system will improve tax quality, says HMRC chairman
Administration

New system will improve tax quality, says HMRC chairman

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

New system will improve tax quality, says HMRC cha...

Allowing advisors to input client data direct to HMRC will improve parties' relationships, says Mike Clasper Read More...

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Hartnett bemoans "opaque" disguised remuneration schemes
Business Regulation

Hartnett bemoans "opaque" disguised remuneration schemes

15y our parliamentary correspondent

Hartnett bemoans "opaque" disguised remuneration s...

Tax secretary Dave Hartnett tells the Lords of the difficulty nailing down offshore employee benefit trust tax avoidance schemes Read More...

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Government's tax clawback is higher than ever, says Hartnett
Corporate Tax

Government's tax clawback is higher than ever, says Hartnett

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Government's tax clawback is higher than ever, say...

HMRC clawing back most ever in tax, parliamentary committee told Read More...

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Video: London restaurants are first HMRC tax target
Corporate Tax

Video: London restaurants are first HMRC tax target

15y Accountancy Age

Video: London restaurants are first HMRC tax targe...

New campaign focuses on avoidance and evasion by industry sector Read More...

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Liverpool firm faces £14m legal claim
Corporate Tax

Liverpool firm faces £14m legal claim

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Liverpool firm faces £14m legal claim

Tower Group, which also lost a Supreme Court ruling last week, faces a £14m legal claim Read More...

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HMRC sets up trade-specific task forces to tackle evasion
Corporate Tax

HMRC sets up trade-specific task forces to tackle evasion

15y Jaimie Kaffash

HMRC sets up trade-specific task forces to tackle ...

A new team to tackle tax evasion in the restaurant trade has been set up, and more are set to follow Read More...

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HMRC steps up plumbers campaign
Personal Tax

HMRC steps up plumbers campaign

15y Jaimie Kaffash

HMRC steps up plumbers campaign

Around 50,000 plumbers will receive letters informing them of the opportunity to declare unpaid tax Read More...

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HMRC increases officers to target gangmasters
Corporate Tax

HMRC increases officers to target gangmasters

15y Jaimie Kaffash

HMRC increases officers to target gangmasters

The number of specialist officers dealing with labour providers who fail to pay tax will be doubled, HMRC has announced Read More...

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Glencore denies tax avoidance accusations
Corporate Tax

Glencore denies tax avoidance accusations

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Glencore denies tax avoidance accusations

A Swiss commodities company has denied claims it has been involved in transfer pricing and under-reporting profits in Zambia Read More...

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Budget figures only add up with £250m from 'disguised remuneration'
Administration

Budget figures only add up with £250m from 'disguised remuneration'

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Budget figures only add up with £250m from 'disgui...

The Budget’s magic £250m: Budget relies on an extra £250m from tax on ‘disguised remuneration’ Read More...

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Budget2011: Clampdown on tax avoidance
Administration

Budget2011: Clampdown on tax avoidance

15y Nick Huber

Budget2011: Clampdown on tax avoidance

Clampdown on tax avoidance and evasion expected to raise £1bn annually during parliamentary term; new strategy paper to review abuses of stamp duty, c...

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Big businesses paid less than £0.5m in penalties last year
Corporate Tax

Big businesses paid less than £0.5m in penalties last year

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Big businesses paid less than £0.5m in penalties l...

HMRC permanent secretary Dave Hartnett admitted that only six penalties worth £442,000 were charged to big business for undeclared tax last year Read ...

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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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