TAX POLICY ADMINISTRATION

Coutts has appointed Steve Griffiths as Head of Tax & Wealth Structuring. He joins from Credit Suisse.

Clause 3 (personal allowance for 2012/13 for those aged under 65), clause 5 (main rate of corporation tax for financial year 2012) and clause 6 (corporation tax charge and main rate for financial year 2013) of the Finance Bill were agreed by the Public Bill Committee on 26 April.

Having removed 130,000 people from self assessment because they no longer need to complete a tax return, HMRC has sent daily penalty notices to almost 12,000 of them in error.

HMRC has confirmed that Mike Clasper, HMRC’s Chairman since 2008, is to step down later this year. Yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph reported that Clasper had ‘quit’ after ‘a spate of high-profile controversies’. But HMRC said last December, in a footnote...

PKF has appointed Peter Gouw as a Tax Partner in its Glasgow office. He joins the firm from KPMG.

Tax Justice Network says the current regime for taxing multinationals is ‘not fit for purpose’

Longer legislation written in plain English can be clearer and easier to use, and the length of the legislation does not generally add to complexity, the Office of Tax Simplification has found.

The BBC’s Today programme broadcast an apology to Sir Philip Green this morning, following Monday’s interview with David Cameron in whi

Clause 2 (basic rate limit for 2012/13) of the Finance Bill was agreed yesterday by the Public Bill Committee.

Taxpayers who have not filed their 2010/11 tax return online by 30 April will face new daily penalties from 1 May, in addition to the fixed £100 penalty.