A spate of professional negligence claims have been lodged against the promoters of tax avoidance schemes - including advisers - following a clampdown by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), according to Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC), the City law firm.
A tax barrister who designed his own tax avoidance scheme and defended it in court against HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has lost his attempt to avoid paying £190,000 in tax.
High earning workers will shift about £5bn into the new tax year to take advantage of the cut in top rate tax, the Sunday Times reports.
The threshold at which people begin to pay income tax will rise to £10,000 in 2014, a year earlier than planned, the Chancellor announced today.
Te government is to embark on a programme to crack down on "aggressive" tax avoidance, the Chancellor confirmed in the Budget today.
Brian Davidson highlights the attractions of maximising pension contributions in tax year 2012/13
Poor households are the biggest losers from the government's tax policies, TUC research reveals.
A barrister who failed to pass on his VAT to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been jailed for tax fraud.