Plebgate minister named as investor
Former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell, who resigned over the so-called “Plebgate affair”, has been identified as an investor into the controversial Ingenious film investment scheme.
Former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell, who resigned over the so-called “Plebgate affair”, has been identified as an investor into the controversial Ingenious film investment scheme.
HM Revenue & Customs has recovered £135m from 24,000 clients named on a list of HSBCs Swiss private banking operation, which were revealed in a leak by a former employee.
HM Revenue & Customs has today published a list of tax avoidance schemes whose users may be required to make upfront payment of tax.
An international law firm has accused HM Revenue & Customs of a “sudden and unprecedented escalation” after it revealed full details about the powers which will allow it to impose £1m fines on tax advisers.
The Financial Conduct Authority has recommended sweeping structural changes to the type of research investment managers can pay for with dealing commissions.
A senior accountant has said celebrities should consider their long term reputations when hiding their assets from HM Revenue & Customs, as a variety of popular figures are criticised for using controversial tax avoidance scheme Liberty.
Controversial proposals to allow HM Revenue & Customs to retrospectively charge contentious tax up front could trigger a “wave of insolvencies” and indirectly affect shareholders, warns a leading accountancy firm.
A leading US tax lawyer has compared FATCA to “exterminating ants with a nuclear bomb” as the controversial act’s withholding stage is today launched across the globe.
International Adviser takes a look at four countries that refused to take US information sharing agreements lying down through their use of intergovernmental agreements.
France and Switzerland have added a rider their tax information exchange agreement to allow France to request information about unidentified Swiss bank account holders.
The controversial US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has been introduced around the world today, marking a new era for tax planning.
Isle of Man chief minister Allan Bell has labelled tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs) ‘redundant’ and defended the lack of any new double taxation agreements (DTAs) signed by the island since the one with Luxembourg in April last year.