The Guardian has reported this morning that: Government plans to make offshore tax evasion a criminal offence even when there is no proof of intention
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The Chartered Institute of Tax should not turn a blind eye to uncollected revenue
I found the following quote published by the Chartered Institute of Tax in response to Public Accounts Committee criticism of HMRC rather bizarre: Chris Jones,
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50 Shades of Tax Dodging
This comes from the Eurodad website as I am running late this morning, even in Montreal time and haven’t got time to cover and important
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Amazon, eBay and VAT: the Radio 4 report
Amazon and eBay: who is liable for the VAT evasion?
The Guardian, BBC and others have covered an unfolding story of massive VAT evasion as a result of distance selling from China (and maybe other
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Of tax havens, tax evasion and desperate Prime Ministers
The Guardian has a headline this morning that says: David Cameron says not enough is being done to tackle tax evasion Prime minister says he
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HMRC is wide open to abuse because of a lack of staff
The Mail has reported that a carpenter in Hull has been convicted of defrauding HMRC by retrospecively adjusting his on line tax returns to claim tax refunds
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To prosecute, or not?
HMRC have published new qualitative research on the attitudes of those given custodial sentences for tax evasion. I have not read it all in detail
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Was there money offshore?
The FT notes this morning, in an article on the effectiveness of offshore tax amnesties, that: The French finance ministry in March said it expected
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