Tax & Regulation
Tax & Regulation | 4 Nov 13
highest number of staff leave hmrc in four years
Almost 1,700 employees left HMRC in the last 12 months, the highest number in four years, as the department comes under increased pressure to clamp down on tax evasion.
Tax & Regulation | 28 Oct 13
jersey incorporates hastings-bass rule
Jersey has enshrined the controversial Hastings-Bass rule into law via an amendment to its trust legislation, in what Jersey Finance has hailed as a “legal first within the international trust’s arena”.
North America | 22 Oct 13
jersey and guernsey sign fatca agreements
The Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey have signed 'intergovernmental agreements' on the automatic exchange of tax information with the UK, adding to existing provisions that currently provide for information to be exchanged between the authorities of the two Crown Dependencies and the United Kingdom.
Tax & Regulation | 21 Oct 13
hmrc tightens pension transfer regs in scheme
HM Revenue & Customs today unveiled changes in the way pension schemes are to be registered and transferred, as part of a bid to crack down on so-called pension liberation schemes.
Tax & Regulation | 21 Oct 13
hmrcs tax haul jumps 40 boosted by investigations
The amount of additional tax recovered by HM Revenue & Customs following investigations into personal tax returns has increased by almost 40% since last year.