Helen Lethaby reviews recent developments
HMRC faces questioning by MPs on Public Accounts Committee and Treasury Committee
HMRC’s analysis indicates that error, failure to take reasonable care, criminal attacks, evasion and the hidden economy accounted for £23bn or 73% of the tax gap. Avoidance accounted for £5bn.
Starbucks managing director’s blog provokes angry response
Previous HMRC guidance may have led some training providers to apply NICs incorrectly
BBC is considering a report it commissioned from Deloitte
'We would not seek to stand in the way of enhanced co-operation'
New global head of transfer pricing
The public is losing trust in ‘a system that is in need of drastic reform’, says The Taxpayers’ Alliance
Financial Ombudsman Service is receiving ‘a handful of tax avoidance scheme cases’ each week