HM Revenue & Customs plans to introduce a new strict liability criminal offence on both offshore tax evaders and those who help them following the UK Governments clampdown on tax dodging in yesterdays Budget.
The UK Government has announced in todays Budget that it will close the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) half a year earlier than expected in order to make room for a tougher disclosure facility.
Guernsey-headquartered QROPS provider Concept Group has removed the upper limit on its Aurora Lite offering and waived transfer fees into and out of its Gibraltar-based schemes.
Two thirds of Britons are opposed to the UK Governments ability to demand the payment of disputed tax without passing through the court system, a poll released today has found.
HM Revenue & Customs has ramped up the rules around tax avoidance schemes with “high risk” promoters now facing fines up to £1m.
Aegon has launched Your Retirement Planner, an online tool to help advisers guide clients through the options available to them following Aprils UK pension reforms.
An accountancy firms appeal against a Financial Ombudsmen Service (FOS) decision which ruled it was liable for advising clients to invest into a now-blacklisted tax avoidance scheme has been dismissed by the UK courts.
Hacker Young’s Michael Avient takes a look at the implications of HMRC’s victory against Eclipse on tax avoidance court cases.
HM Revenue & Customs is likely to address doubts surrounding the IHT-exemption of fully-flexible QROPS with a wide review into how overseas pensions are taxed, say industry experts.
The Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) has raised little over one third of its £3bn target yield with just over one year left until it is closed
HM Revenue & Customs has defeated in the Court of Appeal a tax avoidance scheme which made false investments into Disney films.
Britain’s tax office has seen a surge in foreign governments making information requests about tax evasion over recent years.
