Tax Planning

Taxpayers will no longer be able to use high-risk tax avoidance schemes which exploit HMRC rules, the government said today, amid a widespread clampdown on tax avoidance.

An HMRC policy to target "deliberate tax defaulters" could prompt a wave of human rights cases against the taxman, a City law firm says.

HMRC plans to suspend online access for the public at the end of the tax year, despite admitting to MPs this week that its telephone-based service is "not acceptable".

Mark Green, head of tax and estate planning at Legal & General, offers his tips on what tax changes to expect in next Wednesday's Budget.

The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) has stressed to the government that HMRC must not be above the law and should remain subject to legal challenge.

HMRC will bring in harsh new penalties for evading income and capital gains tax abroad from 6 April.

Fidelity FundsNetwork is hosting a series of nationwide seminars designed to help advisers get to grip with and prepare tax planning services in 2011.

The offshore bank account details of 2,000 "high net worth individuals" and corporations - detailing massive potential tax evasion - will be handed over to the WikiLeaks organisation in London today by Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer, two days before...

HMRC has issued a warning to the self-employed to ensure online tax returns are submitted by 31 January or they will face a £100 fine.

Tax reliefs on VCTs and Enterprise Investment Schemes (EISs) as well as some pension contributions and life insurance policies will be reviewed, and potentially scrapped, by the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS).