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Hargreaves Lansdown loses 'discount tax' battle with HMRC

Online stock broker loses legal battle with taxman that could have returned £15 million to around 150,000 customers.

Minister's proposal of corporate tax reforms causes strong reaction from Cyprus business community

It will also scrap an annual fee of 350 euros paid by every company, and stamp duties.

UK increasingly reliant on super rich for tax income

A disproportionate number of the top 1% of taxpayers are male, middle-aged, and based in London – and receive around 14% of national income, according to new research by the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS)

The Charity Tax Commission publishes recommendations to increase the effectiveness of charitable tax reliefs

The report, commissioned in 2017 by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, specifically focused on the effectiveness of Gift Aid, business rates relief and VAT.

Do high taxes work? by James Hambro

The effects of such eye-watering levels of tax were devastating.

Film Tax Credits Soar to $2.3 Billion as U.K. Watches for Abuse

The increase comes as the tax agency continues its crackdown on film production companies that convince high net-worth individuals to partner with them to invest in films.

Landlords warned about £40k tax charge

This was introduced in the subdued housing market of the 1980s to encourage individuals to rent out spare rooms in their homes.

Tax authorities present rich Belgians in Monaco with €100 million bill

The charge is not an easy one to prove

Is inheritance tax fair? Allowances, thresholds and reducing liabilities

Inheritance tax is also seen as unfair because the government is consistently increasing its revenue, while the thresholds for inheritance tax have been frozen for a decade.

Luxembourg’s government formerly approves new Double Tax Treaty with France

The treaty had been signed by both countries in the spring of 2018

We tax our companies, they don’t tax our companies' by Nick Blundell

Pillar one sets out the new taxing rights and pillar two, like the US GILTI regime, achieves a minimum level of tax.

HMRC to take on phoenix companies

This is a very important change in the way company liabilities are viewed by HMRC

Grand Theft Tender? How €56bn went to tax havens

Countries officially blacklisted or greylisted as tax havens by the EU.

Rich and famous face £500m bill over tax avoidance film scheme

Ingenious Media, a financing company that funded more than 60 films including Avatar and Brooklyn, was accused of persuading David Beckham, Guy Ritchie, Sacha Baron Cohen and others to put money into an investment scheme that used artificial losses to gen

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