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Risky tax avoidance schemes could be listed and their users forced to pay disputed tax upfront under proposals by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Financial advisers, fund managers and investors could be hit with huge costs after the US Senate passed laws forcing millions of people in funds holding US assets to make a declaration to the American tax authorities.

When there is a flurry of tax reform, as there has been in the past year, some things tend to get lost in all the activity. This little gem had almost escaped notice.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs'(HMRC) power to access and gather data is eroding trust in the organization and must be checked, the Chartered Institute of Taxation said.

David Cameron's communications director Craig Oliver, and his BBC presenter wife Joanna Gosling, have become embroiled in a tax fraud investigation.

Weekend papers round-up: Spanish property, the value of marriage and Swiss tax exiles were all on the news agenda, while popular acronyms included JISAs and MINTs.

£10.72 billion of investors' returns from their cross-border shares and bonds stand to be lost in the latest financial year because withholding tax is not being properly reclaimed, according to tax reclamation specialists, GOAL Group.

Both Guernsey and Jersey have signed a bilateral Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Indonesia.

Britons with billions of pounds hidden in Switzerland will pay tax at 50% under a deal legitimising their undeclared assets, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Phil Ralli of Aviva platform & pension marketing explains why IFAs should be chasing HNW clients.