In Treasury minutes, the government disagreed with all nine conclusions of the Public Accounts Committee on HMRC tax collection in the PAC’s 34th annual report. The following points are particularly worth noting.
The City of London Law Society’s Revenue Law Committee and the CIOT have responded to the consultation document Tackling marketed tax avoidance, published on 24 January 2014.
The Treasury Committee has published a report containing conclusions and recommendations from its enquiry into the Autumn Statement 2013. The conclusions on tax revenues are summarised below.
HMRC has issued the following publications, which are available from its website.
George Osborne will present his fifth Budget on 19 March in the context of an improving outlook for the economy. David Smith looks at what might be in store
Andrew Goodall comments on the Fair Tax Mark
The CIOT has written five individual complaints to the EU Commission on what is now FA 2013 regarding the non-compliance of UK tax law with EU law. The complaints concern the following:
CIS: standard of care
Jurisdiction to make a cost order