HMRC

Profiles & Comment | 13 Jul 12

Paul Evans, managing director of Dubai-based, multi-jurisdictional QROPS administrator Brooklands Pensions, looks at what HMRC was thinking when it tightened up the QROPS regulations

Tax & Regulation | 13 Jul 12

HMRC has received more than 400,000 calls to its tax evasion hotline during the past five years, according to data obtained via a freedom of information request.

United Kingdom | 9 Jul 12

Two top officials at HM Revenue & Customs are being linked to companies that have sought to use offshore structures to avoid UK tax, or which advised clients on stamp duty avoidance.

Tax & Regulation | 5 Jul 12

A UK taxpayer is to pay some £830,000 in back tax, fines and costs to the UK tax authorities after being found guilty of using an undisclosed HSBC account in Switzerland to hide his money, in HM Revenue & Customs’ first successful prosecution to be based on information obtained from HSBCs Geneva branch in 2010.

People Moves | 4 Jul 12

With Dave Hartnett preparing to step down as permanent secretary for tax at HM Revenue & Customs at the end of this month, after almost four years in the role, his successor has been named as Edward Troup.