Tax Planning

Capital gains tax (CGT) revenues have increased 23% in the last two years, despite falling numbers of enquiries, according to research by a chartered accountants.

An HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) debt collection officer has been jailed after pleading guilty to stealing almost £85,000 from taxpayers.

The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) warns the Government's planned rise in CGT on non-business assets would hit firms' assets too.

HMRC is tightening up on all tax payments and, in some cases, refusing requests for deferrals on larger VAT bills, research suggests.

Zurich is planning to move its £35bn British life assurance business to Dublin to cut its tax bill.

More than 17,000 vicars, teachers and doctors have signed a petition urging Chancellor George Osborne to scrap plans to increase capital gains tax (CGT).

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) plans to seize an extra £4bn in 2010/11 through more aggressive tax investigation work and tougher powers, warns an accountancy firm.

Entrepreneurs will not be damaged by any changes to capital gains tax (CGT), Business Secretary Vince Cable has assured MPs.

Deputy PM Nick Clegg has said a taper rule for capital gains tax (CGT) is one of the plans currently being "considered" by the coalition Government.

The Chancellor is "listening" to concerns about a planned rise in capital gains tax (CGT), Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said.