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  • With the tax credits renewal deadline of 31 July just over two weeks away, HMRC has revealed the top 10 excuses for not renewing tax credits claims.

  • The Prime Minister's Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on child abuse, tax avoidance, living wage and airport security.

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

  • With the tax credits renewal deadline of 31 July less than one month away, HMRC has launched a new online service for the vast majority of claimants to use.

  • Formula 1 racing giant McLaren has lost its claim that a £32 million fine imposed against it by the sport’s governing body should be tax deductible.

  • The record breaking £23.9 billion tax revenue comes as HMRC publishes ‘HMRC fast facts: Record compliance revenues for the UK.’

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

  • Another attempted abuse of the tax relief available when shares are gifted to charities has been blocked by a tribunal.

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

  • Another avoidance scheme designed by NT Advisors has been defeated at a tax tribunal.

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

  • A tax avoidance scheme that created tax losses out of nothing for wealthy people and could have cost the taxpayer £120 million was rejected by a tax tribunal last week.

  • Direct Recovery of Debts will see tax debts recovered from those refusing to pay.

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

  • A tax avoidance scheme designed to make taxable interest payments disappear has been blocked for the second time by a tax tribunal.

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

  • Meeting on tax fraud and tax evasion takes place as HM Revenue & Customs writes to taxpayers with offshore accounts.

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

  • New rules will make it easier to prosecute offshore tax evaders.

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

  • Employers are giving elaborate excuses for not paying the National Minimum Wage (NMW) when challenged by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers, the department announced today.

  • Workers in the health and wellbeing professions who have taxable income that they haven’t revealed have one week to pay the tax they owe, or risk HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) taskforce action.

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

  • Chancellor George Osborne launches the campaign as G20 ministers agree next steps in global fight against tax avoidance and evasion.

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

  • A tribunal has found that a tax avoidance scheme which involved celebrities, fund managers and other high earners claiming that they were second-hand car dealers in their spare time did not work.

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

  • Bristol & West plc, owned by Bank of Ireland, has lost its second attempt to avoid £27 million of corporation tax by claiming that there was a loophole in the law governing the taxation of derivatives.

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

  • HMRC is reminding employers who are not represented by professional bodies about changes to the end of year submission process.

  • There will be a staggered start to the introduction of Real Time Information penalties, HMRC announced today.

  • Major record labels involved in this year’s Brit Awards are among the latest targets of HMRC's continued crackdown on unpaid internships.

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