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  • Employment Allowance: one month to go until businesses can claim £2k cashback on jobs

    Treasury minister David Gauke visits tech start-up to mark Employment Allowance milestone.

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

  • Second-hand car dealer tax scheme scrapped

    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.

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

  • Bristol & West tax avoidance plan loses again

    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.

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

  • NT Advisors loses £100m offshore tax avoidance bid

    A tax avoidance scheme sold by serial avoidance promoter NT Advisors has lost its third bid for legitimacy, saving the country £100 million.

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

  • Investing in social enterprise: government publishes policy roadmap

    The government sets out the steps being taken over the next year to enable the right conditions for social enterprises to thrive in the UK.

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

  • Tax avoiders to be told ‘pay now’ as government demands tax owed upfront

    Users of tax avoidance schemes to pay tax upfront whilst HMRC investigates and challenges in the courts.

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

  • Nearly 700 tax criminals convicted in 2013

    Almost 700 tax fraudsters and benefit cheats were convicted this year, HMRC announced today.

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

  • Film scheme loses appeal

    The Upper Tax Tribunal has ruled that Eclipse 35, marketed as a tax efficient way to invest in the film industry, does not deliver the tax relief it claimed.

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

  • £30m tax boost from HMRC voluntary sector projects

    HMRC grants to voluntary and community sector organisations that help people with taxes, benefits and tax credits led to additional tax of £30.6 million being declared last year.

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

  • Draft tax legislation published in Finance Bill 2014

    Government publishes draft tax legislation to implement Budget and Autumn Statement 2013 policies.

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

  • HMRC wins employment income avoidance case

    A tax tribunal ruling against an income tax avoidance scheme is expected to protect up to £400 million in tax that would otherwise not have been paid.

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

  • Letter from Exchequer Secretary to OTS: competitiveness of UK tax administration

    Letter from David Gauke MP announcing the competitiveness of UK tax administration review.

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

  • HMRC announces tax award winners

    The winners of the HMRC External Engagement Awards 2013 have been announced.

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

  • Paperless Self Assessment moves a step closer

    HMRC has announced plans for paperless Self Assessment tax returns in a consultation document published today.

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

  • David Gauke at the Tax Journal Conference

    Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury speaks at the Tax Journal Conference in London.

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

  • Tax avoidance on loan interest scheme shut

    The First-tier Tax Tribunal has ruled against a tax avoidance scheme which replaced interest on a loan between two companies in the same group with shares issued to a third one.

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

  • David Gauke at HMRC's Stakeholder Conference

    Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, speaks at HMRC's Stakeholder Conference on compliance

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

  • Court blocks bonus tax avoidance scheme

    An offshore tax avoidance scheme used by an FTSE 100-listed investment management company to pay its employees tax-free bonuses has been closed by Scotland’s most senior court.

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

  • David Gauke on Real Time Information

    Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke speaks at the Payroll World autumn update conference on RTI.

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

  • UK signs tax information sharing agreement with Jersey and Guernsey

    Continuing the fight against offshore evasion, the UK has signed automatic tax information sharing agreements with both Jersey and Guernsey.

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