‘The Big Four accountancy firms have come under attack for maintaining on average more than 20 offices each in offshore tax havens despite countries working together to crack down on tax avoidance … MP Chuka Ummuna, who earlier this month confronted Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond over the b
UK Uncut, the protest group campaigning against tax avoidance, condemned what it called ‘political policing’ after CS spray was used to disperse protestors in London’s Oxford Street.
Alliance Boots defended its registration in the low-tax Swiss canton of Zug as it prepared for nationwide protests against tax avoidance, telling Tax Journal today that if it had registered in Switzerland ‘purely for tax reasons’ there were many other countries that it could have conside
Mark Minihane and Ken MacKenzie examine compliance issues surrounding the proposed debt cap rules
Liberal Democrat MP Adrian Sanders asked the Chancellor if he would make it his policy to refer all tax disputes concerning liabilities greater than £500 million for parliamentary scrutiny prior to action by HMRC.
‘If some tax avoidance is a fact of global competition, the challenge for firms is to protect their reputation … The awkward truth is some companies do have something to hide.
Aurell Taussig and Isaac Zailer examine some of the tax issues that can arise in the context of European cross-border mergers
The National Audit Office has confirmed that it is in the ‘early stages’ of scoping a review of HMRC’s procedures for resolving tax disputes. Private Eye has linked the NAO’s decision to recent allegations concerning HMRC’s £1.2 billion settlement with Vodafone.
A double taxation convention between the UK and Germany, signed in March 2010, entered into force on 30 December 2010 (see SI 2010/2975).
HMRC has announced that it has designated the MICEX stock exchange – Russia's leading stock exchange – as a 'recognised stock exchange' under ITA 2007 s 1005(1)(b) with effect from 5 January 2011.