HMRC

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will get extended powers to tackle pensions liberation in the Finance Bill 2014.

People looking to establish tax avoidance schemes will have to pay due taxes to HMRC upfront before applying to get it back through the courts, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has for the first time withdrawn the venture capital trust (VCT) status of a company, after Oxford Technology breached one of its investment rules.

Why have so many of the preferential fund deals announced in recent weeks been based on unit rebating rather than the launch of super clean share classes?

It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend.

Taking a hefty tax charge on the chin might be the right decision

Almost half of pension holders who are over or near their lifetime allowance (LTA) threshold have not yet taken any action to prepare for the limit reductions due to be introduced in April, a survey has found.

Hargreaves Lansdown has confirmed a number of its new discounted fund deals will be subject to HMRC's rebate tax, with only 9 of the 27 funds on its Wealth 150 Plus list available via preferentially priced share classes.

The government has launched an advertising campaign targeting taxpayers with money hidden in offshore accounts.

HM Revenue and Customers has issued a warning to taxpayers not to be caught out by email phishing scams offering tax rebates in return for bank account or credit card details.