09/24/2014
Addressing the Labour Party conference in Manchester, Labour leader Ed Miliband has outlined plans to introduce a ‘Mansion Tax’ on properties worth over £2m, and a clampdown on tax loopholes by hedge funds and large firms that ‘mov
09/23/2014
Many more of us may find that we also- officially- live in a "mansion" by 2025.
09/23/2014
The other areas that contribute to the tax gap are tax avoidance
09/22/2014
UBS, which appealed in July, had already paid a much smaller 2.875 million-euro guarantee in the case.
09/21/2014
The UK is a 'tax haven', whether we like it or not
Archaic rules mean the world sees us as a tax haven
09/19/2014
VAT ruling means tax will be charged on services between banks' international operations in latest ruling to hit UK financial sector
09/19/2014
A little-noticed tax change has levied another blow on foreign buyers of luxury London homes, adding to the slowdown in the previously booming sector.
09/19/2014
The Scottish government already has powers to vary income tax rates
09/19/2014
Cyprus has accepted a key condition put forward by India on effective exchange of information on tax avoiders
09/18/2014
The fund management industry could be exempt from proposed new tax avoidance rules after the global body responsible for drafting them said it would take a closer look at whether they should apply to the industry.
09/18/2014
The traditional ‘booze cruises’ to France may be in jeopardy if Scotland votes ‘yes’ this week. We look at why new Scottish tax laws could see drinkers heading north of the border for their cheap tipple…
09/18/2014
The complexity and unfamiliarity of this new legislation means there is significant margin for error and non-compliance.
09/18/2014
With access to thousands of individuals’ records, HMRC’s data intelligence provides a unique ability to match common traits of the public, so as to predict trends and therefore spot tax evaders….
09/18/2014
Welcome to this month's edition of Tax Voice, a monthly round-up of the most important tax news.
09/18/2014
Grant Thornton has been nominated for Global Firm of the Year and also shortlisted for the Top 50 Pensions Team of the Year 2014 at the British Accountancy Awards hosted by Accountancy Age.
09/17/2014
Responding to the proposals, George Bull, Baker Tilly’s Senior Tax Partner, said: ‘These measures represent a positive step towards eradicating harmful tax practices on a worldwide scale.
09/17/2014
The country has reached withholding tax deals with Britain and Austria, under which nearly 30,000 Swiss account holders came forward last year to pay tax
09/17/2014
A Tax Manager from the Hull office of accountants Baker Tilly has been recognised as one of the rising stars of the UK’s private client practitioner community.
09/16/2014
This is the first comprehensive double tax agreement between the two jurisdictions and will come into force once it has been ratified in accordance with their domestic legal procedures.
09/16/2014
Ireland’s business tax regime is set to come under renewed scrutiny today as the OECD sets out the first phase of a plan to stamp out aggressive avoidance by big multinational groups.