HMRC won before the First-tier Tribunal in J Myers v HMRC (and related appeals) (TC02703 – 17 May), a case involving a ‘highly complex’ tax avoidance scheme in
The UK’s corporation tax system is about right, tax lawyers said in evidence to the House of Lords economic affairs committee on 4 June, but they broadly supported the OECD’s initiative to address ‘base erosion and profit shifting’.
The chairman of the OTS, Michael Jack, wrote to the chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Margaret Hodge MP, in response to the recent PAC report titled Tax avoidance: The role of large accountancy firms.
The European Council released a note of its conclusions on tax fraud and evasion, agreeing to accelerate its work against tax fraud, evasion and aggressive tax avoidance.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced individuals to be a member of the general anti-abuse rule (GAAR) advisory panel.
The government is consulting until 2 July 2013 on proposals for further measures to support the visual effects industry through the tax system.
The price of an appeal is an important consideration, writes Liesl Fichardt
Taxpayers and HMRC alike can learn from the high-profile case, says Angela Savin
Simon McKie on the Supreme Court's decision about what remains an important remedy
A new EU law requiring multinationals to report profits and taxes on a country by country basis may be introduced within a few months, reports have suggested after the European Council agreed to strengthen measures to tackle tax evasion and avoidance.