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Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will target wealthy people who own property abroad, the department announced today.

HMRC has proposed that where advisers arrange transactions for clients their services will continue to be exempt from VAT post-RDR, under draft rules published today.

HMRC is preparing to go to court to challenge Stamp Duty tax avoidance schemes that have cost it £35m in lost revenue.

HMRC is expected to outline how VAT will apply alongside adviser charging next week. But what should advisers watch out for?

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has received around 2,000 complaints about the threatening tone of its letters to taxpayers since 2009.

Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, has been embarrassed after being fined £500 by HM Revenue and Customs for failing to pay VAT on his extra-curricular earnings.

An estimated six million taxpayers are in line for a windfall refund as Revenue & Customs tries to unravel the latest in a series of administrative problems.