I noted, belatedly, that Polly Toynbee, writing in the Guardian yesterday about the composition of the HMRC board, said: Why isn't Murphy on that board?
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As the Guardian has just reported: George Osborne’s budget promise to fund a clampdown on tax [avoiders and] evaders appears to be under threat after
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One of the unexpected measures introduced in the budget was a right for HMRC to take money in settlement of tax debts straight from taxpayer
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The government  has published new regulations this morning called The International Tax Compliance (Crown Dependencies and Gibraltar) Regulations 2014. These  regulations bring into affect the FATCA  style
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The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee report on the Draft Finance Bill was published a couple of days ago and I have now had
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I realise I have not offered praise for HMRC where it is due: that is remiss of me. Let me make amends. I refer to
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HMRC have issued new  guidance on the taxation of Bitcoins today. The essence of this guidance is that trading in bit coins is now not
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There is a debate in Westminster today  on the closure of HMRC’s Enquiry Centres,  all of which are due to close in the next three
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Last year David Cameron supposedly spearheaded international demands for country-by-country reporting. In 2014 the UK has forgotten that commitment. In the latest edition of Tax Analysts
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