HMRC shutters one dedicated tax avoidance investigation unit
It had been tasked with assessing family investment companies
Tax Avoidance
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How to help clients as HMRC cracks down on overseas assets
‘International data sharing and anti-money laundering regulations are only likely to get tighter’
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Greater leniency for UK tax avoiders on the cards?
It is a ‘significant opportunity’ for investors who may pay HMRC ‘less than they strictly owe’
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Does cross-border tax planning stand up to scrutiny?
Countries have shared details of offshore assets worth €10trn
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HMRC gains ground as money lost to tax avoidance schemes halves
UK taxman is using ‘all of its power’ to target promoters
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HMRC to tackle ‘misleading’ ads for tax avoidance schemes
Sanctions include having paid advertising removed from search engines and follow-up compliance action
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Does naming and shaming tax dodgers work?
It is supposed to act as a deterrent, but one tax expert says there are quite a few get-out-clauses
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Singapore eyes 50% penalty for tax avoidance
People will only have one month to pay even if they appeal the fine
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Tax avoidance promoters back in HMRC crosshairs
Stop notices to be issued more quickly in a bid to shut down schemes sooner
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HMRC reports £31bn in unpaid tax
It blames evaders, but businesses and individuals responsible for most of the missing cash
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Is catching tax evaders the answer to settling covid-19 debt?
Would be ‘perverse’ for HMRC to ‘attack’ upstanding citizens but leave law breakers ‘unchallenged’
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Soaring number of British expats declare unpaid tax to HMRC
More than 40% are resident in the Channel Islands, a freedom of information request reveals