{"id":30868,"date":"2015-10-06T07:33:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T06:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=30868"},"modified":"2015-10-06T07:33:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T06:33:51","slug":"hmrcs-penalty-regime-for-country-by-country-reporting-encourages-non-compliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2015\/10\/06\/hmrcs-penalty-regime-for-country-by-country-reporting-encourages-non-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"HMRC’s penalty regime for country-by-country reporting encourages non-compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The government published draft regulations<\/a> to enforce\u00a0country-by-country reporting for tax purposes by\u00a0multinational corporations yesterday.\u00a0The regime, which is already hopelessly inadequate by denying the public the right to see this essential data, applies to multinational companies turning over more than \u00a3586 million a year.<\/p>\n

There is a problem though. The penalty regime is as follows:<\/p>\n

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So, the penalty for not bothering is \u00a3300 plus \u00a360 a day, or \u00a322,200 a year.<\/p>\n

That means it is cheaper to not supply\u00a0country-by-country reporting data than comply.<\/p>\n

It means the fine is 0.004% of turnover, at most.<\/p>\n

It means that HMRC is saying ot really can't be bothered whether large companies do this, or not.<\/p>\n

The penalty will, in fact, be smaller than many imposed in tax settlements on sole traders.<\/p>\n

If you want the evidence that HMRC is not serious about collecting tax from big business then then this is it.<\/p>\n

And if you want to know where I would start the penalty process, the fine would be \u00a31,000,000 plus \u00a35,000 a day, or \u00a32,825,000. And maybe I'm being a little too generous\u00a0even then given the amount of tax come large companies might save through their abuse.<\/p>\n

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The government published draft regulations to enforce\u00a0country-by-country reporting for tax purposes by\u00a0multinational corporations yesterday.\u00a0The regime, which is already hopelessly inadequate by denying the public the
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