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  • HMRC announces scale of enquiries into big business

    Two-thirds of the 800 biggest businesses operating in the United Kingdom are under enquiry by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), it was announced today

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  • Ten things you need to know about tax avoidance

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) today issued a list of ‘10 things a tax avoidance scheme promoter won’t always tell you’

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Next step taken in stamping out international tax evasion

    51 jurisdictions across the globe sign agreement on the automatic exchange of tax information in an international clampdown on tax evasion.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tax avoidance demands top £250m

    HM Revenue and Customs has sent notices to tax avoidance scheme users to pay over £250 million of disputed tax under the Accelerated Payments regime introduced in this year’s Finance Act.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMRC publishes 2012 to 2013 tax gap

    The tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax due and the amount collected, was 6.8% of tax liabilities, or £34 billion, in 2012 to 2013.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tax bills

    A number of incorrect 2013-14 tax calculations (P800) and payable orders were issued to customers in a three-week period from 15 September.

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  • Government takes further step to clamp down on aggressive tax planning

    Clamp-down on use of ‘hybrid mismatches’ announced - a technique used by multinational companies to significantly reduce their tax bills.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Britain leads clamp down on international tax avoidance

    The UK is the first of 44 countries to formally commit to implementing the new country-by-country reporting template.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • No immunity from tax for vaccine avoidance scheme

    A tax avoidance scheme which abused the reliefs offered for research into life-saving vaccines to claim back £77 million in tax has been rejected again by a tribunal.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Seychelles commit to sharing tax information

    The country becomes the 46th jurisdiction to join the initiative launched by the G5.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tax adviser’s trust scheme blocked

    A tax avoidance scheme which routed profits of a tax advisory business through employee benefit trusts has been closed by a tribunal.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Judicial review statement from HMRC

    Director General for Business Tax, Jim Harra, welcomes High Court judgment in the judicial review involving UK Uncut and HMRC.

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  • Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS)

    Find out about the AWRS which aims to tackle alcohol duty fraud by making the wholesale of illicit alcohol much more difficult.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMRC clocks up another win over NT Advisors

    HMRC has secured its eighth consecutive tribunal win against tax avoidance schemes run by NT Advisors.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pay up time for offshore loan schemes

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is today giving around 16,000 tax avoidance scheme users the opportunity to pay the tax they owe or risk facing bigger tax bills and heavy legal costs.

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  • HMRC Annual Stakeholder Conference: Lin Homer

    Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary Lin Homer's speech to the HMRC Annual Stakeholder Conference.

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  • HMRC's annual conference for stakeholders: opening address

    A speech given by David Gauke, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, to the annual HMRC stakeholder conference on 17 July 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Building our Future: transforming how HMRC serves the UK

    A speech given by Ruth Owen, HMRC’s Director General of Personal Tax, to the annual HMRC stakeholder conference on 17 July 2014.

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  • HMRC’s High Net Worth Unit brings in £1 billion

    HMRC's High Net Worth Unit – a specialist division which deals with the tax affairs of the UK’s wealthiest individuals – has brought in £1bn in compliance yield.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Avoidance schemes members to make upfront payments

    A list of tax avoidance schemes whose users may be required to make an upfront payment of tax has been published today by HMRC.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government