05/07/2015
The Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) has decided that the Italian tax authorities may use details of foreign bank accounts in their tax compliance efforts, even if the data therein was obtained illegally.
05/05/2015
Grant Thornton Partners vote to become shared enterprise firm
This will create an environment in which everyone thinks and acts like an owner.
05/05/2015
Although the amount demanded of Aberdeen is relatively small, an official at the London-listed company had told Reuters on Monday it had gone on with the challenge because it believed the claim was unfair.
05/01/2015
British tax authority faces legal challenge on stance over HSBC
A campaign group has begun a legal process that could lead to Britain's tax authority facing a judicial review over its failure to take a tougher line with people alleged to have used accounts with an HSBC unit in Switzerland to evade tax
05/01/2015
As discussed in our previous briefing, Labour calls time on the remittance basis, Ed Miliband has announced a policy of abolishing what he called the “non-dom tax regime”, to be implemented in the event of a Labour victory in the coming electi
04/30/2015
The company, which two years ago testified to the US Senate that it's not a tax dodger, is facing an European Commission investigation into whether tax breaks from Ireland were illegal state aid.
04/29/2015
The head of parliament's public accounts committee (PAC) has been accused of hypocrisy after it was claimed she received more than £1.5m in shares from the tax haven of Liechtenstein
04/28/2015
Greece is to allow money held abroad by its taxpayers to be declared without penalty and taxed at a discount rate, a move to help overcome a cash crunch threatening the country with bankruptcy.
04/27/2015
People earning more than £2m a year — a small enough group to fit into the Royal Albert Hall — more than doubled their share of income tax to 5 per cent in the past five years
04/27/2015
Lloyds Banking Group close to selling Isle of Man-based investment and tax planning business
To an offshore specialist funded by a private equity backer
04/27/2015
Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald ordered to repay £20million
04/27/2015
Here are 10 ways to keep the taxman's fingers out of your finances
04/27/2015
Revenue & Customs is stepping up its scrutiny of the rising stars of sport, investment banking and entrepreneurial business
04/27/2015
HMRC has increased its scrutiny of potential tax avoidance among high-net-worth individuals following the launch of a specialist team
04/24/2015
Pre-Election tax planning used to be a national pastime, but our collective appetite seems to have waned. Why is that, and could people be doing more?
04/22/2015
Spanish law requires taxpayers to provide to the Spanish tax authorities information about offshore accounts
04/22/2015
Greg flagged up the possible removal of the UK Tax Return
04/21/2015
The European Investment Bank (EIB) was the first Development Financial Institution (DFI) to adopt a tax haven policy in 2009.
04/20/2015
Australia and the UK have reached a deal aimed at helping tackle profit-shifting practices by multinational companies, such as Apple, Google, and Microsoft
04/20/2015
The UK Finance Act 2015 has introduced a new tax on diverted profits from 1 April 2015 that has potentially wide application to both UK and non-UK business with activities in the UK.