‘Around one trillion euros is lost to tax evasion and avoidance every year in the EU,’ says tax commissioner
‘For years people said this couldn’t be done,’ says David Gauke
Package includes expansion of unit focusing on affluent individuals
Comments invited on three sets of draft regulations
Real time reporting system is ‘going really well’, says HMRC
Dominic Stuttaford and Andrew Roycroft (Norton Rose) examine developments in tax affecting the attractiveness of the UK as a location for insurance group holdings, the VAT exemption for intermediaries rules, VAT on insurance restructurings and the increasing importance of insurance premium tax. Jennie Rimmer (Aspen) provides (below) an in-house perspective.
The vast majority of companies and directors comply with the law, says business secretary
More than a million companies have been incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. The UK government ‘respects the right of [overseas territories] to compete on tax’, says a White Paper.
‘A step in the right direction’
'Worldwide research effort' names the people behind 'anonymous' companies