Tax & Technical
HMRC gains ground as money lost to tax avoidance schemes halves
UK taxman is using ‘all of its power’ to target promoters
Advice trade body calls for reform of UK lifeboat scheme
Phoenixing is allowing ‘firms that simply should not be in business’ to transfer compensation burden
Landmark pension equalisation ruling a ‘headache’ for schemes
DB pension transfers from 1990 onwards may require compensation as a result
Dutch government takes action on Fatca
As it asks banks to cooperate with ‘accidental’ Americans
Tax updates absent from UK spending review
Industry ‘still in the dark’ as speculation mounts over future fiscal measures