Search Results for: tax avoidance
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Advice & Best Practice
The UK – Paying for Covid with tax rises: what are the least bad options?
With the bill for Government support during the Covid crisis already high and likely to rise, there will naturally be…
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HMRC
New HMRC tax measures ‘flawed’, says House of Lords
The House of Lords has criticised the conditions of the HMRC’s latest bill which could see the removal of taxpayer…
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HMRC
Big businesses underpay £35bn in tax, HMRC suspects
HMRC reportedly suspects that the amount of tax big businesses underpay has risen by 16% to £34.8bn, up from the…
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HMRC
Admission of unpaid expat tax surges
The number of expats who admitted leaving UK tax unpaid surged to 867 last year, up from 66 in 2017/18,…
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Comment
The Taxpayer and HMRC – a challenging relationship
In December 2019, the Government bowed to significant pressure and, on 20 January 2020, published draft legislation to implement changes…
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Regulators
HMRC entering into fewer plea bargain agreements with taxpayers
HMRC is entering into fewer agreements that give taxpayers immunity from prosecution for tax avoidance in exchange for paying back…
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Business Regulation
Gov pledge to name and shame tax dodgers is failing, says TaxWatch
A government pledge to name and shame “aggressive tax avoiders” has failed to list a single company, according to new…
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HMRC
Tax gap remains low
The tax gap for 2017/2018 is 5.6%, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) confirmed today. This means that HMRC collected 94.4%…
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Comment
Autumn Statement: what to expect
“As a professional body representing SME accountants who work with SME business clients, we have a keen eye focused on…
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HMRC
HMRC investigations yield £34bn this year
HMRC’s annual report has revealed that its investigations into tax evasion and tax avoidance have yielded a total of £34bn…
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