CORPORATION TAX

Tony Beare lists the top five taxation developments of 2011 affecting the City

‘Up to ten companies are facing a judge-led investigation into their tax settlements amid growing concern over the way Revenue & Customs polices the City.

Recruitment for HMRC's voluntary advance assurance pilot has closed due to a high demand for limited places. The specialist R&D relief units continue to offer support and assistance, and will be happy to answer any questions about R&D relief claims, HMRC said.

Paula Tallon discusses a dilemma facing many family businesses.

The government has announced that it will:

Multinational ‘tax dodges’ are estimated to account for over half of all illicit capital flight from developing countries, the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad), a network of NGOs from 19 European countries, has claimed.

The UK’s corporate tax competitiveness ‘appears to have finally turned a corner’, KMPG said as it summarised the findings of a survey of 50 large businesses operating in the UK. In 2009 only 17% of respondents said the UK had ‘the most...