HMRC
Regulation
The head of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is to be quizzed by MPs this afternoon over claims he allowed Goldman Sachs to escape £10m in interest payments on an offshore tax avoidance scheme.
12 October 2011
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Tax Planning
Hargreaves Lansdown is one of only two companies in the FTSE 100 which has not located any of its subsidiaries in a tax haven.
11 October 2011
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Tax Planning
The taxman handed out a record one and a half million fines to late filers this year, with penalties up 56% in just five years, according to a Freedom of Information request.
11 October 2011
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Tax Planning
Today's tax deal between the UK and Switzerland, designed to recoup £7bn from Brits with funds in Swiss bank accounts, is "unrealistic", according to accountants Baker Tilly.
06 October 2011
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Your profession
Expert warns beefed-up tax watchdog will be looking for quick and easy wins among small businesses with inadequate records while failure to take reasonable care as serious as evasion.
06 October 2011
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Regulation
Advisers filing a self-assessment paper tax return after the 31 October deadline will be hit with a £100 fine - even if there is no tax to pay, or the tax due is paid on time.
27 September 2011
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Tax Planning
Scottish Widows has lost a case against Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the Supreme Court.
23 September 2011
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Your profession
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is to expand its Business Records Checks programme, in an effort to close the tax gap and clamp down on inadequate record-keeping.
22 September 2011
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Tax Planning
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is slowly narrowing what it calls the 'tax gap' - the amount of tax that goes uncollected each year - but it is still falling some £35bn short, according to the latest figures.
21 September 2011
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Your profession
James Hay Partnership's Neil MacGillivray explains how a client can get more for less.
20 September 2011
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