Expert welcomes focus on 'the cold hard reality of litigating tax avoidance schemes'
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
HMRC has published its guidance on the litigation and settlement strategy relaunched last July. The draft guidance was well received, HMRC said, with ‘very few comments on the actual material’.
Peter Nias and Geoff Lloyd explain how the use of alternative dispute resolution techniques should enhance the litigation process.
A tax adviser was found guilty of cheating the public revenue by dishonestly submitting and facilitating tax relief claims that falsely stated the value of shares gifted to charities.
James Bullock reviews the top five developments in tax affecting dispute resolution
Non-domicile status
The government has set out the number of cases prosecuted for income tax, corporation tax, VAT and excise evasion since 2006/07:
The National Audit Office is to ‘examine the reasonableness’ of some of the larger tax settlements reached by HMRC and report in confidence to MPs.