Tax Planning

Labour MP Michael Meacher has received cross-party support for a Private Member's Bill which would prohibit any financial arrangements principally designed for the purpose of tax avoidance.

Three gang members have been jailed for a total of 35 years for carrying out a £38m VAT fraud through a complex chain of carbon credit trades.

Thousands of rich people in the UK are paying 1% income tax using "below the raider" accounting methods, according to an investigation by The Times.

Tax avoidance campaigners have been granted permission by the High Court to challenge a deal between HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and investment bank Goldman Sachs.

Angela Foyle, tax partner at BDO, explains how proposed inheritance tax breaks to encourage charitable legacies could work in practice for your clients.

The government's general anti-abuse rule (GAAR) targeting abuse of the tax system could hand HM Revenue & Customs discretionary power "at odds with the rule of law", a lawyer has warned.

The government has launched draft legislation and a formal consultation on a new general anti-abuse rule (GAAR) that aims to tackle artificial and abusive tax avoidance schemes.

People who are will to pay into a pension but have not got around to signing up are collectively losing out on £2.5bn in income tax relief on contributions, analysis has found.

Almost three million pensioners and low-paid workers have paid too much tax on their savings, research suggests.

Advisers have been warned not to mislead and confuse HMRC by claiming to offer investment management services - a VAT chargeable activity - while lacking the necessary permissions to do so.