04/20/2014
HMRC to sell taxpayers' financial data
The personal financial data of millions of taxpayers could be sold to private firms under laws being drawn up by HM Revenue & Customs in a move branded "dangerous" by tax professionals and "borderline insane" by a senior Conservati
04/20/2014
KPMG in Holland again under investigation, this time for tax fraud
Accountancy company KPMG is again under formal investigation by the authorities, this time for suspected tax fraud involving the construction of its new Amstelveen headquarters.
04/17/2014
The significant milestone was reached in recent weeks, the Revenue Commissioners has revealed.
04/16/2014
It seems that Danny Alexander, the boyish Lib Dem chief secretary to the Treasury, has finally come of age.
04/15/2014
Clients have a 5% tax free allowance from onshore and offshore investment bonds. However adviser charging payments from the bonds would be seen as a withdrawal and impact upon the allowance.
04/15/2014
BaFin is currently only authorized to launch criminal proceedings against bank employees for their role in aiding and abetting tax evasion.
04/14/2014
Germany and France thought they could tame the markets
04/14/2014
Companies turn away from tax avoidance plans
The Taxman suspects Britain’s biggest companies of underpaying taxes to the tune of £18.8bn in the last year
04/10/2014
Charities will be able to choose which SORP they apply depending on which accounting standard they use. This will facilitate implementation of the new FRSSE framework which is expected shortly.
04/10/2014
The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Government of the Republic of Ghana have signed the Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital Gains
04/08/2014
Historically, non-residents have not been subject to capital gains tax (CGT) unless carrying on a business in the UK through a branch or agency.
04/07/2014
A legal loophole made this possible until 2012.
04/07/2014
This is a purely civil procedure, and can be carried out without the tax evader being publicly named.
04/07/2014
These documents were the first stage in opening cross-jurisdictional tax-evasion investigations.
04/07/2014
With the inheritance tax threshold frozen, families are resorting to more desperate measures to avoid death duty
04/07/2014
The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme offers some generous tax breaks, but for unwary investors the program also has some tax pitfalls.
04/05/2014
The government says the number of such invoices jumped 45 percent in January - the first month the bills qualified for the lottery - from a year earlier to 46 million.
04/05/2014
A legal loophole made this possible until 2012. Authorities are now investigating institutions that may have abused the loophole to avoid taxes.
04/04/2014
The Luxembourg tax authorities this morning announced that the intergovernmental FATCA agreement (model 1) between Luxembourg and the United States was signed on 28 March 2014.
04/03/2014
The ATED is an annual tax charge of up to £143,750 on residential property situated in the UK worth £2m or more which is held by certain non-natural persons.