Richard Carson examines a recent Tribunal decision indicating that taxpayers are unable to rely on the content of HMRC Manuals
HMRC and the Liechtenstein Government have signed a second joint declaration concerning HMRC’s five-year Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) for people who have undeclared UK tax liabilities.
Ten statutory instruments relating to double taxation relief and exchange of information for tax purposes have been published:
HMRC is using a ‘customer centric strategy’ to transform the way it delivers services, manages contact and conducts interventions, the department proclaimed in its ‘Business Plan 2011-15’.
The UK’s tax system falls short of the ideal ‘in costly and inequitable ways’, according to the Mirrlees Review released by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules, SI 2010/2653, make several changes to some First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Rules.
The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners has introduced a new 'private client diploma' for accounting and tax specialists in England and Wales, focusing on the legal principles and practices underlying the administration of trusts and estates.
‘Campaigners for a ‘Robin Hood’ tax – sometimes called a Tobin tax – on financial deals received a boost when the first in-depth study of the idea found that transaction taxes were feasible and would allow the Government to double Britain's annual aid budget,’ The Guardian reported (9 No
The Government will publish draft clauses planned for Finance Bill 2011 on 9 December.