HMRC

News from financial fools beyond the help of even the Government's basic advice service. Today, two canny citizens try to cheat death and taxes.

HMRC will adopt a less combative approach to resolving tax disputes with businesses in a bid to unlock billions of pounds tied up in court battles.

IFAs must take a tough approach to HMRC's clampdown on tax-planning schemes, write Jonathan Levy and Matthew Greene of law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.

Dominic Fryer, manager of corporate strategy and risk at Friends Provident, explains why advisers should be encouraging the use of workplace savings platforms.

Advisers are being discouraged from charging separately for advising and arranging in a bid to avoid confusion over VAT, as it will lead to higher costs for consumers.

News from financial fools beyond the help of even the Government's basic advice service. Today, the tax dodging Chorley chippy.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has lost a claim against a couple for £20,000 in back taxes.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has attacked banks' failure to offer affordable loans to small businesses, labelling it "one of the greatest restraints on recovery for the UK economy".

Robert Gaines-Cooper, the Seychelles-based UK multi-millionaire in a long-running battle with HMRC, has won the right to appeal to the Supreme Court.

IFAs are increasingly taking out business disruption insurance against regulatory investigations, according to a City law firm.