The online campaigning organisation Avaaz issued this press release over night: HMRC threatened with legal action over HSBC tax ‘loopholes’ *Avaaz calls for judicial review
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Are estimates of higher rate tax yields that are fuelling political debate correct?
Tax is one of the key battlegrounds in the UK’s general election due on May 7. No tax is more important in that debate than
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HMRC are managing an extra tax investigation a month
The Independent has reported: A Finance Team set up by HM Revenue and Customs to target wealthy fund managers and investment bankers has brought in £39 million
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This Public Accounts Committee’s swan-song tax reports
The Public Accounts Committee for this parliament has published its swan-song tax reports. It’s good enough to share in full. It makes a compelling case
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Of course the number of staff at HMRC matters when it comes to collecting tax
This exchange from Hansard a couple of days ago is interesting: Kelvin Hopkins(Luton North) (Lab): The Treasury’s problems are, above all, about income, not expenditure.
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HMRC is making fewer demands for information to tackle offshore tax cheats
International Tax Adviser has given publicity to Pinsent Masons in their secondary role as HMRC’s press agency, noting; During the 2012-13 tax year, the Revenue
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The Finance Bill 2015: an exercise in democratic failure
If you want to know whether UK politicians hold parliament in contempt or not then the evidence from today is pretty compelling. The Finance Bill
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Reforming HM Revenue & Custom
To continue my series on necessary tax reforms I turn next to the vital reform that is needed of HMRC: _____________________ For archaic constitutional reasons
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Lib Dems, tax and the election
I have just seen an email from a Lib Dem prospective parliamentary candidate that feels as if it has official sanction. It says: Liberal Democrats
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