VAT fraud is a ‘bigger drain on the public purse’ than corporation tax avoidance, says BDO partner
Package includes expansion of unit focusing on affluent individuals
'Worldwide research effort' names the people behind 'anonymous' companies
Compliance activity through taskforces targets ‘highest-risk cases in a particular sector and location’
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
HMRC has announced that a re-launched business records checks programme will follow a new ‘step-by-step’ approach with a ‘much greater emphasis on education and support’.
Zoe Andrews and J. Leonard Teti II revisit the FATCA IGA entered into by the UK in September and suggest it is time for a new approach to FATCA in the European loan market
Greek magazine editor was arrested after publishing names of Greeks said to hold HSBC accounts in Switzerland