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Tax Investigations News FeedCrooked accountant jailed for tax fraud
Chartered accountant jailed after defrauding staff and HMRC...
Ex-tax boss in the dock for £5m pension fraud
Former president of the Association of Taxation Technicians in the dock on tax fraud charges...
Tax evading plumber ordered to flush out tax fraud cash
A tax evading plumber faces 18 months in jail unless he pays back almost £55,000...
HMRC to scrutinise firms with outstanding VAT
HMRC to chase around 50,000 companies with outstanding VAT to pay...
HMRC publish "Top Tax Criminals" on Flickr
HMRC have published pictures of the UK's "Top Tax Criminals" of 2012 on social media sharing site Flickr...
The tax avoidance rumpus continues
Public upset surrounding tax avoidance seems to be anything but fizzling out...
HMRC investigate HSBC offshore accounts
A list of HSBC Jersey accounts has now been passed on to tax inspectors...
HMRC launches ad campaign in fight against tax evasion
The taxman steps up a gear in battle against tax evasion
Sunday Times Article - Taxman has landlords in its sights
KinsellaTax's Katie Doherty quoted in Sunday Times Article regarding HMRC clamping down on undeclared rental income
Jailed by HMRC this week for Tax Fraud - 22nd Nov
Catch up on this week's news by finding out who has been locked up by HMRC
The Great Tax Avoidance Debate: Where do you stand?
With public opinion divided, where do you stand on tax avoidance?
HMRC are coming to get you...
What happens if HMRC open a tax investigation?
Jailed by HMRC this week for Tax Fraud - 18th Oct
Catch up on this week's news by finding out who has been locked up by HMRC...
Worried your tax bill is wrong?
Convinced the taxman has made a mistake?
Jailed by HMRC this week for Tax Fraud - 4th Oct
Catch up on this week's news by finding out who has been locked up by HMRC...
TUC’s ’Celebrity Guide to tax dodging’
TUC has released a spoof celebrity magazine ‘Kerching’, on celebrity tax avoidance tricks and ten ways to stop them.
Will HMRC follow in IRS footsteps and award more whistleblower incentives?
In July 2012 the national press reported that HMRC had paid over £1m in rewards to members of the public reporting tax evasion, but are HMRC’s bounty payments one step behind the USA’s system of paying IRS whistleblowers?
Post Office First Tier Tax Tribunal widens ‘wholly & exclusively’ definition
A tax tribunal that ruled in favour of the taxpayer, in a case concerning the deductibility of legal fees for income tax purposes, is thought to have ‘widened the definition of business expenses incurred “wholly and exclusively” for trade that can be deducted from profits’.
Barclays ‘treated fairly’ in HMRC tax avoidance investigation
Chancellor George Osborne denies former Barclay bosses claims that the bank was treated unfairly by HMRC during their tax avoidance investigation.
Should the rich pay more tax?
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, plans to target Britain’s richest taxpayers with an emergency wealth tax.
4% of British adults say tax avoidance is ‘morally justifiable’
Research conducted by International development charity, Christian Aid, reveals that only 4% of people polled regard the practice of tax avoidance by multinational companies as ‘morally justifiable’ and ‘fair’.
Civil servants not happy about tax avoidance crackdown on ‘off payroll’ work
Exaro News has reported that civil servants are not happy with new ‘off payroll’ rules by the Treasury and may leave work in the UK’s public sector because of it.
HMRC successfully tackling tax avoidance?
HMRC has won three court rulings against tax avoidance schemes in July: Does this suggest they have ‘delivered gold’?
HMRC Publish Tax Fraud “Most Wanted” on Flickr
HMRC has published pictures of the UK’s “most wanted” tax cheats on social media sharing site Flickr.
Half a million HMRC Tax Penalties issued for late tax returns
For those who failed to file their 2010/2011 tax returns to HMRC, the Revenue is sending out an expected half a million additional tax penalty letters to non-filers.
Millionaire British novelist against tax avoidance schemes
Award winning author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon, has said that the wealthy should pay more tax, as is in his own words its ‘not just economic, it’s moral’.
VAT Fraud Investigation | Platinum traders pocketed £4.5m
Three male platinum traders from Blackburn have been found guilty of trying to defraud the public purse of £4.5m.
Property Company Director Jailed for £700,000 VAT Fraud
After discovering that his company was under VAT investigation by HMRC, a UK property developer fled the country to live a luxury lifestyle as a tax exile in the fashionable Monaco.
Google under the watchful eye of MPs over tax avoidance claims
Search engine giant, Google UK, has been labelled ‘improper and immoral' for allegedly paying only £6m tax on UK revenues of £395m in 2011.
Tax return inspections reveal 134 MPs dodged £230,000 tax
Amidst the ‘moral debate’ over tax avoidance, The Daily Mail has reported that MPs are being ‘forced’ to pay back £230,000 of ‘dodged tax’...
Taxpayers to check their own tax code?
HM Revenue and Custom’s plans to pass the responsibility of checking tax codes are correct on to the public, has been greeted with protests from angry taxpayers.
Accountant to TV stars’ charged with tax fraud
Christopher Lunn, an accountant who advised TV stars, including BBC newsreader, Fiona Bruce, has been charged with tax fraud.
It is ‘morally wrong’ to pay tradesmen in cash says Treasury Minister
David Gauke has said that paying tradesmen cash in hand comes at a ‘big cost’ as tax payers are left to help balance the books.
Rise in VAT Investigations into British Businesses
New government figures indicate that a rise in VAT Investigations into British Businesses highlights, as promised, that HMRC is taking a tougher stance on tax evasion and tax avoidance.
HMRC call on schoolchildren to report tax evaders
The Telegraph has reported that HMRC has been telling school children to tell their teachers if their neighbour is evading tax.
Artificial tax avoidance scheme closed by HMRC
200 people who used the ‘artificial’ tax avoidance scheme now face paying back tax in full, plus fees for using the scheme.
Recruitment Industry faces tax investigations for tax avoidance | Tax Investigations
The Recruitment Industry faces tax avoidance investigations from HMRC, following allegations that recruitment agencies run multi-million pound ‘tax avoidance’ schemes, reports The Telegraph.
Millionaires to be named and shamed for tax avoidance by ‘cowboy advisers’
Accountants promoting aggressive tax avoidance schemes will be expected to ‘name and shame’ millionaire clients using complex schemes to avoid paying tax.
BBC admits telling employees to avoid tax | HMRC Tax Avoidance
The BBC has admitted to telling thousands of BBC workers to go ‘off the books’, thus avoiding tax, in order to reduce the corporation’s national insurance bill.
HMRC lose First Tier Tax Tribunal
HMRC has been ruled against in a self-assessment tax payer’s first tier tax tribunal, in the ongoing ‘reasonable excuse’ debate.
Head of UK’s largest accountancy body slams tax avoidance promoters
Michael Izza has criticised accountants that promote ‘aggressive’ tax avoidance schemes, such as Jimmy Carr’s K2 tax avoidance scheme.
New Tax Evasion task forces revealed
HM Revenue and Customs have announced their latest tax evasion taskforces in their battle against tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax fraud.
First UK HSBC Swiss bank account holder charged for tax evasion
HMRC have convicted their first HSBC Swiss bank holder for tax evasion, after stolen HSBC bank data was passed to HM Revenue and Customs two years ago.
Two men jailed for £34m Tax Fraud
Business partners, Thomas Scragg and Paul Phillips, have been jailed for 17 and 9 years after laundering money through the construction industry.
Tax Amnesty Alert | HMRC’s Tax Return Initiative
Tax Return Initiative: HM Revenue and Customs launch tax amnesty for higher-rate taxpayers to declare hidden income before October 2012
‘Secrets of the Taxman’ accuses HMRC Chiefs of tax avoidance ties
Channel Four’s Dispatches ‘Secrets of the Taxman’ accuses Chiefs at HMRC of having ties to companies allegedly engaged in tax avoidance
HMRC Tax Fraud | HMRC write off £5bn tax due to fraud and error
The National Audit Office has reported that HMRC wrote off £5.2bn in taxes and overpaid tax credits by nearly £2.5bn in 2011-2012.
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