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The rich paid £1 billion less tax in 2015 and MPs want to know why

The lack of transparency leaves the Department open to the perception that, in its dealings with taxpayers.

Swiss vote on multinational tax perks in February referendum

That's not immediately clear as Switzerland's 26 regions, or cantons, set their business taxes.

Taxman's failure to get tough on rich undermines system, say MPs

MPs are calling for a tougher approach on taxing Britain's wealthiest, including top footballers.

Greece, US Sign FATCA Intergovernmental Agreement

The US Treasury developed model IGAs.

HMRC giving wealthy taxpayers preferential treatment, claims PAC

HMRC repeatedly told us that it does not give advice to taxpayers.

HMRC under fire for £1bn fall in wealthy tax take

We give them additional scrutiny, with one-to-one marking by HMRC's specialist tax collectors

Italy offers non-doms la dolce vita with tax breaks

Experts think move may be designed to lure wealthy from post-Brexit Britain

HMRC loses tribunal appeal over pension transfer IHT rule

HMRC argued the transfer took place for the purpose of IHT planning because she moved her funds from an IHT environment to a non-IHT environment.

The most bizarre tax returns expense claims exposed - from Caribbean holidays to designer jeans and even fancy PANTS

These claimants have gone above and beyond a posh coffee and a train ticket - and HMRC has asked anyone tempted not to follow in their footsteps

Going South: Swedish Pensioners Move to Portugal in Hot Tax-Dodging Scheme

After Portugal changed its tax rules for foreign retirees in 2009, the number of Swedes who settled in the Iberian country has increased five-fold

HMRC set to change non-dom tax relief

"The government is open to ideas about how this relief can be made more attractive so watch this space."

Practitioners, Lawyers Under Fire at EU Panama Tax Probe

According to Harrington, if the EU were to join the U.S .in adopting a FATCA law, “we would be cooking with gas” in the fight against wealth being hidden in tax havens around the world.

Tax change set to create teenage property tycoons

Budget move meant to stop overseas families avoiding inheritance duty

Foreign teenagers could be given £1 million+ British properties by super-rich families to avoid inheritance tax

We are discussing with clients whether they may wish to de-envelope it and gift it to a son or grandchild.

Not just a ‘Panama problem’: banks and Big Four are tax avoiders’ middlemen

Europe has some “backyard cleaning up to do” as the second region with the highest number of intermediaries having assisted international tax dodgers revealed in the Panama Papers

Lawyers fight back over HMRC offshore crackdown

Tax advisers say demands for client names breach legal rights

Whose pension is it anyhow?

But watch out, there could be a nasty inheritance trap lurking here…

Not just a ‘Panama problem’: banks and Big Four are tax avoiders’ middlemen

Europe has some “backyard cleaning up to do” as the second region with the highest number of intermediaries having assisted international tax dodgers revealed in the Panama Papers

Tax agencies draw up target list of offshore enablers

Large numbers of taxpayers had also come forward voluntarily to come clean on their offshore assets.

Has anyone seen a tax haven around here?

As we start to get more clarity on the UK’s Brexit negotiating stance, the Chancellor has indicated that the UK would consider changing tax policy to ensure the nation remains competitive. Some would see this as fair, others have taken this as a har