Tax avoiders targeted in HMRC recruitment drive
HM Revenue & Customs’ spending on staff to target tax avoiders rose 7% over the past 12 months, increasing headcount at its Counter-Avoidance Directorate (CAD).
Tax Avoidance
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Tax avoidance ‘cost UK £12.8bn’ over five years
Tax avoidance cost the country at least £12.8bn (€13.9bn, $16.6bn) between 2010 and 2015, according to new figures and analysis by the House of Commons Library.
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Ex-footballers linked to film scheme to sue financial advisers
A group of 45 former English Premier League footballers are to sue the professional advisers linked to the £700m Ingenious Media film investment scheme that has been accused by the UK taxman of creating artificial losses to allow investors to claim tax relief.
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HMRC wins bulk of tax avoidance challenges but loses IHT case
HM Revenue & Customs claims that of the 26 litigation decisions in 2016/17 where tax avoidance was involved, 22 of them (86%) went in its favour.
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UK taxman tasks IFAs with warning offshore account holders
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is warning taxpayers that failing to disclose their offshore accounts could lead to “life-changing consequences” in a letter being sent to millions of individuals via their financial institutions and advisers.
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Football clubs feeling the heat of HMRC scrutiny
Following raids by HM Revenue & Customs on Newcastle United and West Ham and with over 40 players and 12 teams under review, football clubs in the UK are taking a more proactive approach to tax.
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Fighting tax evasion to be priority for Austrian EC presidency
When Austria assumes the presidency of the European Council in the second half of 2018, it will prioritise pushing forward European and international measures to prevent profit shifting and international tax fraud, the country’s finance minister said.
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Paying staff in gold ‘abnormal and contrived’ – UK tax panel
Employee incentive arrangements where workers are paid using gold bullion are “abnormal” and not a “reasonable course of action”, according to an independent panel set up to advise the UK government on disputes over potentially abusive tax arrangements.
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HMRC tax clampdown brings £29bn boost to UK government coffers
HM Revenue & Customs’ action on tax avoidance, evasion and organised crime has brought in record additional revenues of £29bn ($37.6bn, €32.9bn) in the past fiscal year, as revealed in its latest annual report.
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HMRC wins long-running case against Rangers football club
The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favour of HMRC in its seven-year pursuit of Rangers Football Club for aiding and abetting tax avoidance using Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs).
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Film scheme fraudsters ordered to repay over £2m
A former IFA, an accountant and two film producers have been ordered to repay more than £2m ($2.6m, €2.3m) that they scammed from investors in a film tax fraud.
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EU’s new tax avoidance law to target Channel Island schemes
Schemes involving transactions to low tax jurisdictions such as Jersey and Guernsey will need to be reported to the European Union, under new legislation aimed at tackling tax avoidance.