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We lose £11.4bn a year in tax evasion – won’t we need that post-Brexit? - George Bull

We’ve been studying HMRC’s tax gap figures spanning six years. The results are startling. While tax avoidance is at its lowest level ever, tax evasion and the hidden economy seem to be increasing inexorably, costing the UK £11.4bn a year

HMRC fails to clamp down on tax evasion as avoidance plummets

However, over the same period the amount of revenue lost via tax evasion

Oxfam Backtracks on Profit Shifting From Dutch Banks

The European Parliament’s second largest political group, the Socialists and Democrats.

2,000 taxpayers call Revenue helpline in offshore crackdown

The Revenue Commissioners wrote to about 500,000 self-assessed taxpayers earlier this year, urging them to reveal any previously undisclosed offshore assets they might have.

UK delays non-dom tax changes to offshore trusts until 2018

The UK government has delayed changes to the treatment of overseas trusts held by non-UK domiciles.

Free markets will do more for equality than high tax

But hold on. Is that really the right direction?

Nine in ten lose out on tax relief due to poor understanding

We want something now, not later, and to some extent that is understandable.

Pension freedoms tax take is a win for consumers and the Treasury

So what do these figures tell us about the success or otherwise of the freedom and choice regime?

European banks post 25b euros of profit in tax havens: report

Oxfam report shows subsidiaries in low-tax jurisdictions are twice as profitable as elsewhere

Which countries’ tax authorities share data with Revenue?

Revenue has agreements in place that cover more than 100 jurisdictions

Government set to launch a reform of tax breaks for investors who back entrepreneurs

Kealan Doyle, chief executive of Symvan Capital, an investment fund manager dedicated to small and medium-sized technology firms, said Treasury officials had indicated a review was imminent.

European Banks Book $27 Billion Profit in Tax Havens

The study was based on data released under new European Union regulations requiring banks to report earnings on a country-by-country basis.

Luxembourg, Ireland favourite 'tax havens' for banks, Oxfam claims

Its report claimed that Europe's 20 biggest banks posted more profits in the small EU country of Luxembourg than they did in the UK, Sweden and Germany combined.

UK Rethinking Tax On Overseas Property Investors

The government recognizes that this would be a fundamental change to the taxation of the majority of non-resident companies who currently file self-assessment returns

The results are out: how much income tax do you think top earners should pay?

Many of those who had tweeted cogently about tax fairness after the Budget fell strangely silent when I asked them what they regard as a fair share of income tax to be paid by the highest earners. My MP would not be drawn on the point. But I wanted to kno

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