‘It is never a great sign when politicians start appealing to taxpayers’ patriotism.
The CIOT has published a note of ‘initial points’ raised on behalf of its members in meetings with HMRC and HM Treasury to discuss the June 2012 response document.
David Wilson sets out issues for advisers to consider this month.
‘Politicians must find the courage to make radical changes to the tax system if they want to protect “squeezed-middle” voters while also promoting growth, according to Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies ...
HMRC will monitor the effect of several recent policy initiatives to tackle tax avoidance before considering whether to proceed with measures proposed last year to counter avoidance involving income tax loss reliefs.
HMRC is seeking views on proposed changes to two longstanding anti-avoidance rules that the European Commission considers to be incompatible with EU law.
The work of the UK tax profession 'enables citizens to comply with a plethora of statutory obligations'
Institute seeks to put tax avoidance debate 'into context'
Government will consider extending mis-selling legislation
There must be a distinction between ordinary tax planning and aggressive tax avoidance, says Exchequer Secretary