Tax Planning

One of the most influential Liberal Democrat members of the coalition has insisted the party will continue to argue for a mansion tax, targeting "unearned wealth".

Former HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) head Dave Hartnett was presented with a "lifetime achievement award to corporate tax planning" by protestors who crashed an after-dinner speech.

The government is on course to raise £4bn from tax dodgers through a series of schemes cracking down on avoidance, Danny Alexander is set to tell the Liberal Democrat conference.

Vince Cable has launched another broadside against banks, branding them as ‘anti-business' and slamming them for their "greed and stupidity".

Nick Clegg is urging the Conservatives to back a "wealth tax" ahead of the Liberal Democrats' annual conference in Brighton.

A Conservative Party treasurer has called on the government to compete with offshore tax havens by easing the tax burden on wealthy foreigners who invest in hedge funds.

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has won a court case defeating a widely-used scheme to avoid stamp duty land tax (SDLT).

Scottish Widows has launched an auto-enrolment platform, AssistMe, to aid employers as the new pension rules comes in.

Some British pensioners, as well as investors in index-linked gilts, face lower returns if proposals to align the retail prices index (RPI) measure of inflation with the consumer prices index (CPI) are approved.

Investors are being forced to take on more risk as inflation continues to stay above the Bank of England's 2% target, experts said.