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26 Feb 21
Tax fraud costs the public purse around ten times as much as benefit fraud. So why does the government employ three times as many people to tackle the latter, asks TaxWatch’s George Turner.
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20 Mar 20
The government is facing renewed calls to stop the “injustice” of the so-called loan charge - the collection of historic tax avoided through ‘disguised remuneration’ schemes, which has so far led to...
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9 Mar 20
MPs and HM Revenue & Customs have found themselves in a standoff over the ‘loan charge’, a controversial result of the government closing a tax loophole that has left freelancers with mammoth...
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29 Nov 19
Trade in counterfeit goods cost the government at least £3.8bn in tax revenue in one year, although the real number is likely to be “much higher”, the OECD has found.
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6 Aug 19
Local authorities in England sued nearly 10% of local businesses for failure to pay business rates last financial year, analysis has found.
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2 Aug 19
The UK will create up to 10 ‘free ports’ after Brexit in an attempt to boost ‘left behind areas’ of the country, the government has announced.
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22 Mar 19
Confronting “outrageous” tax abuse by tech giants could provide £700m for public services, a think-tank has claimed.
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28 Aug 18
Councils are taking earlier enforcement action to collect unpaid business rates as they become increasingly reliant on this income, real estate advisors have claimed.
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3 Aug 18
Online retail giant Amazon’s UK tax bill reduced last year despite higher profits, which has been called “shameful and wrong” by a union head.
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3 Jul 18
Tax enforcement bodies from five countries across the world have joined forces to battle against international tax crime and money laundering.
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2 May 18
The UK government has finally backed plans to crackdown on ‘dirty money’ and make tax havens more transparent.
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23 Apr 18
Chancellor Philip Hammond has urged meetings of the G7 and International Monetary Fund in Washington to increase action against ‘dirty money’ used to fund rogue regimes and illicit activity.
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21 Feb 18
The UK’s current tax policy making process is not “fit for purpose” outside the European Union, a think-tank has said.
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24 Jan 18
The UK must remain an international leader in the fight against tax dodging as it leaves the European Union next year, an all-parliamentary group heard yesterday.
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4 Dec 17
The Paradise Papers isn’t just about tax avoidance. It shows how masses of data can be easily leaked nowadays – which has serious implications for governments, says John Thornton.
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30 Nov 17
The UK could become defined as a tax haven by the EU after it leaves the block, participants of an All Party-Parliamentary Group on Responsible Tax seminar have warned.
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22 Nov 17
The government is committed to a “fair and sustainable tax system” that is fit for the future, Philip Hammond said in his Budget statement today.
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21 Nov 17
The way companies operate in the gig economy means public services are missing out on “enormous” amounts of tax revenue, a leading tax lawyer has told the All Party Parliamentary Group on...
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20 Nov 17
The Paradise Papers leak has shone more light on secret companies used by the wealthy to avoid tax and launder corrupt wealth, says Steve Goodrich of Transparency International.
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6 Nov 17
Politicians and unions have called on the government to tighten up rules on tax avoidance and evasion after leaked documents showed wide-scale international investment made in offshore ‘...
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25 Aug 17
Tax fraud deprives public services of much-needed revenue. It needs to be tackled more effectively
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27 Jan 17
The government has been accused of appearing soft on the super-rich by employing dedicated personal advisors to help high net worth individuals manage their tax affairs, the public accounts committee...
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20 Dec 16
A cross-party group of MPs are to try to push the government into cleaning up the UK’s tax havens, which include some of the most notorious in the world.
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17 Oct 16
Former local government secretary Sir Eric Pickles has pledged that Britain will make tackling corruption, including in the public sector, a top priority as the country forges a new role in the world...
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17 Aug 16
The government has confirmed today it will seek to clamp down on accountants, tax planners and advisers who help their clients to bend the rules and avoid tax.
26 Feb 21Tax fraud costs the public purse around ten times as much as benefit fraud. So why does the government employ three times as many people to tackle the latter, asks TaxWatch’s George Turner.
20 Mar 20The government is facing renewed calls to stop the “injustice” of the so-called loan charge - the collection of historic tax avoided through ‘disguised remuneration’ schemes, which has so far led to...
9 Mar 20MPs and HM Revenue & Customs have found themselves in a standoff over the ‘loan charge’, a controversial result of the government closing a tax loophole that has left freelancers with mammoth...
29 Nov 19Trade in counterfeit goods cost the government at least £3.8bn in tax revenue in one year, although the real number is likely to be “much higher”, the OECD has found.
6 Aug 19Local authorities in England sued nearly 10% of local businesses for failure to pay business rates last financial year, analysis has found.
2 Aug 19The UK will create up to 10 ‘free ports’ after Brexit in an attempt to boost ‘left behind areas’ of the country, the government has announced.
22 Mar 19Confronting “outrageous” tax abuse by tech giants could provide £700m for public services, a think-tank has claimed.
28 Aug 18Councils are taking earlier enforcement action to collect unpaid business rates as they become increasingly reliant on this income, real estate advisors have claimed.
2 May 18The UK government has finally backed plans to crackdown on ‘dirty money’ and make tax havens more transparent.
23 Apr 18Chancellor Philip Hammond has urged meetings of the G7 and International Monetary Fund in Washington to increase action against ‘dirty money’ used to fund rogue regimes and illicit activity.
4 Dec 17The Paradise Papers isn’t just about tax avoidance. It shows how masses of data can be easily leaked nowadays – which has serious implications for governments, says John Thornton.
30 Nov 17The UK could become defined as a tax haven by the EU after it leaves the block, participants of an All Party-Parliamentary Group on Responsible Tax seminar have warned.
22 Nov 17The government is committed to a “fair and sustainable tax system” that is fit for the future, Philip Hammond said in his Budget statement today.
21 Nov 17The way companies operate in the gig economy means public services are missing out on “enormous” amounts of tax revenue, a leading tax lawyer has told the All Party Parliamentary Group on...
25 Aug 17Tax fraud deprives public services of much-needed revenue. It needs to be tackled more effectively
27 Jan 17The government has been accused of appearing soft on the super-rich by employing dedicated personal advisors to help high net worth individuals manage their tax affairs, the public accounts committee...
20 Dec 16A cross-party group of MPs are to try to push the government into cleaning up the UK’s tax havens, which include some of the most notorious in the world.
17 Oct 16Former local government secretary Sir Eric Pickles has pledged that Britain will make tackling corruption, including in the public sector, a top priority as the country forges a new role in the world...
17 Aug 16The government has confirmed today it will seek to clamp down on accountants, tax planners and advisers who help their clients to bend the rules and avoid tax.
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