HMRC

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reportedly planning to close 170 regional tax offices in a bid to cut hundreds of millions of pounds from its budget.

Dozens of former Premier League footballers face losses estimated at £100m after allegedly following the recommendations of two financial advisers to invest in film and property ventures that turned sour, according to reports.

Use of EBTs amounted to 'redirection of earnings' and therefore subject to tax, court decrees

'Flexible' pension payouts of £2.7bn likely well short of actual figure

Extension to £1,000 could help confront 'inconvenient truth' about access to advice

Where's Gladys Knight when you need her?

Guardian SIPP is in talks to allow investors trapped in troubled investments to buy their way out of paying mounting administration fees, and to have direct access to any money clawed back from the firms deemed liable for their losses.

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A mandatory requirement on providers to use Origo's Options Transfers service is among the suggestions for improving the efficiency of pension transfers.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said the 150 claims it is investigating against poor advice to invest in apparently tax efficient schemes relate to business written in the decade from 2000.