Watchdog is looking at principal commitments made under the HMRC’s change programme
HMRC is 'investing more time and resources than ever to identify tax cheats'
ACCA welcomes 'much needed boost to staffing levels'
Steve Edge gives his view on why the time is right for the introduction of a limited scope general anti-abuse rule of the type proposed
HM Treasury issued a joint statement announcing publication of the Model Intergovernmental Agreement to Improve Tax Compliance and to Implement FATCA.
Confidentiality of taxpayer information ‘has always been a fundamental cornerstone of tax systems,’ says OECD
The OECD has updated Article 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention explicitly to allow tax authorities to request information on a group of taxpayers without naming them individually.
Taxpayer confidentiality could be compromised, says Jonathan Levy
Tax return initiative brings the tax system into ‘further disrepute’, says Lakshmi Narain
HMRC invited anyone with information about suspected tax fraud to call its ‘tax evasion hotline’ as it announced that a plumber who pleaded guilty to fraudulent tax evasion – contrary to the Taxes Management Act 1970 – had been jailed for 12 months.