Tax & Technical
Advance payments a ‘worrying erosion’ of taxpayer rights
Plans to give the UK tax man powers to demand advance payment if the revenue has “reason to believe” an offshore scheme is avoiding tax should be scrapped, according to a top tax lawyer.
Tax & Technical | 8 May 18
Paradise Papers law firm settles case against BBC and Guardian
Offshore law firm Appleby has dropped its legal claim against the journalists who published news stories based on documents taken from its Bermuda office.
Tax & Regulation | 1 May 18
Calling all advisers who battle IHT complexity
Advisers battling the complexity of the UK’s inheritance tax are being asked to contact the government’s Office for Tax Simplification.
Tax & Technical | 30 Apr 18
UK to close Scottish money-laundering loophole
The UK looks set to crack down on a Scottish loophole said to be used to launder billions.
North America | 27 Apr 18
Solution to ‘punitive’ US expat tax close
Individuals caught up in Trump’s ‘Apple Tax’ could soon have a solution, according to one Europe-based US expat adviser.