Simon Airey examines how the various new disclosure facilities compare with the LDF.
‘The latest revelation about the UK tax authorities’ excruciating battle with Goldman Sachs shone more unfavourable light on HMRC’s conduct last week.
All British overseas territories with significant financial centres have now signed up to “greater levels of transparency” of accounts held in those jurisdictions, HM Treasury announced on 2 May.
HMRC’s former head of tax advised colleagues against revisiting a settlement with Goldman Sachs partly because of concern that the company’s reaction might cause “major embarrassment” to the chancellor and HMRC, the High Court heard yesterday.
UK Uncut Legal Action will ask the High Court this week to declare that a tax settlement HMRC reached with Goldman Sachs was unlawful.
A leaked document sent by HMRC’s former head of tax Dave Hartnett to the exchequer secretary reveals the scale of the government’s “sweetheart” tax deals, The Guardian reported today, as HMRC pr
The G8 and EU 'must work together to ensure full transparency in beneficial ownership'
EC invites applications from organisations representing business, civil society and tax professionals
John Hood answers a query for a reader whose client is under investigation by HMRC
Legal professional privilege for tax advice should be abolished, according to Deloitte’s head of tax policy, because it is usually only claimed in cases of the most ‘egregious’ tax planning.