Tax Avoidance
Tax & Regulation | 8 Jul 15
Serial tax avoiders to be ‘named and shamed’, Osborne reveals
The UK’s chancellor of the exchequer has said serial users of tax avoidance schemes will be ‘named and shamed’ as he promised to introduce further measures to tackle evasion, avoidance and aggressive tax planning in his Summer Budget.
United Kingdom | 23 Jun 15
HMRC tax evasion property raids rise by a fifth
The number of raids on premises carried out by HM Revenue & Customs during investigations into tax evasion has increased by nearly 20% from 500 in 2013/14 to 593 last year.
Tax & Regulation | 18 Jun 15
Guernsey and Hong Kong named on tax haven blacklist
Guernsey, Hong Kong, and the British Virgin Islands have been named among the 30 most un-cooperative tax jurisdictions in a blacklist published by the European Commission.
Tax & Regulation | 15 Jun 15
Ex-lovers and colleagues fuel rise in tax whistleblowing
Experts have said that a 50% leap in payments by HM Revenue & Customers to tax informants could be driven by ousted spouses and angry ex-colleagues
Tax & Regulation | 1 Jun 15
Tax evader crackdown by HMRC widens to smaller cases
A sharp fall in the average length of custodial sentences given to criminal tax evaders is a clear signal that HM Revenue & Customs is increasingly targeting smaller cases, according to research by Pinsent Masons.