NAO report failed to address ‘the key issue’ of resources to tackle aggressive tax avoidance, says senior HMRC staff union
UK government ‘has already drafted FATCA legislation’, International Tax Review reports
It is ‘not right if you have businesses … paying no taxes anywhere’
Trial has attracted over 200 applications
Compliance activity through taskforces targets ‘highest-risk cases in a particular sector and location’
‘Tougher definition [of what constitutes a tax haven] is based on the EU’s code of conduct for business taxation’
Billboard campaign declares that HMRC is ‘closing in on undeclared income’
Some clients had ‘no idea’ they were owed a refund
Investigation followed ‘Plumbers Tax Safe Plan’ campaign
‘There has been a shift towards aggressive tax planning … which now needs to be stopped,’ says OECD tax director