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Revenue & Customs ‘winding down’ inquiries into HSBC Swiss tax evaders
September 10th, 2015
After reopening investigation into HSBC clients hiding money in Switzerland, HMRC admits it has still only prosecuted one tax cheat HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is winding down its inquiries into hundreds of British customers who used HSBC’s Swiss ...
The Rules: Forcing companies to disclose tax strategy risks confidentiality issues
August 13th, 2015
A “legislative requirement” for large businesses to publish their tax strategy could create commercial confidentiality risks In an age where large corporates continue to engage in tax avoidance or aggressive tax planning, compelling businesses to disclose their tax strategies ...
Australia pushes to recognize bitcoin as regular currency
August 5th, 2015
The Australian government on Tuesday suggested treating bitcoin and other digital currencies on a par with standard money in the country. The move comes in contrast to an earlier position towards digital currencies as “intangible assets.” “The committee is ...
Taxman steps up war on dodgers with more raids
June 22nd, 2015
Property searches by HM Revenue & Customs rose by nearly a fifth last year as the Government raised the pressure to combat tax evasion. Investigators made 593 raids in the year to 31 March, up from 500 the previous ...
UK tax authorities pay record £605,000 to informants
June 15th, 2015
Amount paid by HMRC to reward tip-offs rises by 50% in a year in bid to recoup tens of billions lost annually to tax fraud The amount of money paid to informants by HMRC in its attempts to crack down on ...
Accounting threshold shifts risk lasting damage to audit profession
April 29th, 2015
Earlier this month, on 6 April, a new EC directive quietly slipped into force. The less than snappily titled Companies, Partnership and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2015 – the UK’s implementation of the EU Accounting Directive – passed onto the ...
Average tax rate paid by FTSE 100 resumes downward slide, falling to 23.1%
April 27th, 2015
Oil & gas, banks and resources pay highest rates The average effective rate of tax paid as reported by FTSE 100 companies has resumed its downward slide, dropping to just 23.1% of profits last year down from 25.9% the ...
Poorly advised investors told to act now
April 23rd, 2015
Investors in highly sophisticated schemes may have better grounds to make a claim Investors who have previously used tax schemes which are now being scrutinised by HMRC only have six years from the date of investment to claim that ...
Number of businesses EU VAT rules affect ‘underestimated’
April 22nd, 2015
HMRC’s underestimation of the number of small businesses affected by the new VAT EU rules on the supply of business to customer digital services caused thousands to struggle with the new regulations. The claims were made by the EU ...
ICAEW: No disciplinaries yet against tax avoidance advisers
March 30th, 2015
The ICAEW has yet to discipline any members for advising clients on aggressive tax avoidance schemes, despite setting a strong stance against such behaviour three years ago, the institute has confirmed toAccountancy Age. In 2012, the ICAEW announced members advising on ...
