‘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
ICAEW needs to respond to changing climate, Head of Tax Faculty tells Tax Journal
Is George Osborne losing the battle to reduce Britain’s gaping budget deficit? Not yet, but the latest figures are far from encouraging, as David Smith reports.
People engaging in tax avoidance schemes that might be considered abusive will be challenged by the tax authorities, will receive little sympathy in court and may be vulnerable to widespread adverse publicity, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners warned as it unveiled a five-point ‘progr