Tax & Regulation
Tax & Regulation | 5 Aug 14
Tax expert calls for HMRC to ease off
A leading tax expert has called for HM Revenue & Customs to “ease off and stop being pedantic” over tax avoidance schemes and instead give investors an opportunity to “get on with their lives” and settle their owed tax.
North America | 5 Aug 14
Chewing the FATCA 10 commonly asked
Dalila Ver Elst, senior compliance officer at Maitland, answers 10 frequently asked questions about the implications of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
Tax & Regulation | 1 Aug 14
Lionel Messi accused of using UK
Spanish prosecutors have alleged that Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi avoided paying £3m in tax through the use of UK firms.
Tax & Regulation | 31 Jul 14
IHT receipts leap as experts warn
Inheritance tax paid to the UK Government jumped by nearly 10% in the last year, as the amount levied from estates reached £3.4bn.
Tax & Regulation | 31 Jul 14
Fears aggressive HMRC may target offshore bonds
The UK Governments continued aggressive stance towards tax avoidance and the blurring of its distinction between avoidance and evasion has raised concerns that more mainstream legitimate tax mitigation tools could come under increased scrutiny.