Tax Avoidance

Tax & Regulation | 21 May 14

HM Revenue & Customs has been accused of “railroading” taxpayers into making payments, in yet another scathing assessment of its approach to tax avoidance.

Tax & Technical | 22 Apr 14

Starbucks, which has been the focus of some criticism in the UK in recent years for not paying what some argued was its fair share of corporate tax thanks to its use of tax mitigation techniques is to move its European, Middle East and Africa head offices to London.

United Kingdom | 22 Apr 14

UK companies will have to list their “beneficial owners”, business secretary Vince Cable has said.

Tax & Regulation | 3 Apr 14

The revenue the UK Government will see in its coffers as a result of the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility amnesty scheme "is likely to fall significantly short of its £3bn target", a UK law firm has predicted.

Tax & Regulation | 2 Apr 14

Advisers whose clients are among the 65,000 individuals and businesses said to be under investigation for having used UK tax avoidance schemes, are being told that they should begin urging these clients to line up the cash necessary to pay the disputed amount by early autumn.