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From HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
From The Rt Hon David Gauke
  • HMRC secures record tax revenues by cracking down on tax dodgers

    The record breaking £23.9 billion tax revenue comes as HMRC publishes ‘HMRC fast facts: Record compliance revenues for the UK.’

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government to take direct action to recover tax and tax credit debts

    Direct Recovery of Debts will see tax debts recovered from those refusing to pay.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tax avoidance scheme could double brewer’s bill

    A tax avoidance scheme designed to make taxable interest payments disappear has been blocked for the second time by a tax tribunal.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Finance Bill 14 brings in new tax changes

    Finance Bill measures help households to work, save and plan, promotes growth, and ensures everyone pays a fair share of tax.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Health workers given one week to pay their tax or face taskforce

    Workers in the health and wellbeing professions who have taxable income that they haven’t revealed have one week to pay the tax they owe, or risk HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) taskforce action.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMRC makes online changes to Employment Related Securities

    Online self-certification and filing processes for employee share schemes are to be launched by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Employment Allowance: one month to go until businesses can claim £2k cashback on jobs

    Treasury minister David Gauke visits tech start-up to mark Employment Allowance milestone.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Second-hand car dealer tax scheme scrapped

    A tribunal has found that a tax avoidance scheme which involved celebrities, fund managers and other high earners claiming that they were second-hand car dealers in their spare time did not work.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bristol & West tax avoidance plan loses again

    Bristol & West plc, owned by Bank of Ireland, has lost its second attempt to avoid £27 million of corporation tax by claiming that there was a loophole in the law governing the taxation of derivatives.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • NT Advisors loses £100m offshore tax avoidance bid

    A tax avoidance scheme sold by serial avoidance promoter NT Advisors has lost its third bid for legitimacy, saving the country £100 million.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tax avoiders to be told ‘pay now’ as government demands tax owed upfront

    Users of tax avoidance schemes to pay tax upfront whilst HMRC investigates and challenges in the courts.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Nearly 700 tax criminals convicted in 2013

    Almost 700 tax fraudsters and benefit cheats were convicted this year, HMRC announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Film scheme loses appeal

    The Upper Tax Tribunal has ruled that Eclipse 35, marketed as a tax efficient way to invest in the film industry, does not deliver the tax relief it claimed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £30m tax boost from HMRC voluntary sector projects

    HMRC grants to voluntary and community sector organisations that help people with taxes, benefits and tax credits led to additional tax of £30.6 million being declared last year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Draft tax legislation published in Finance Bill 2014

    Government publishes draft tax legislation to implement Budget and Autumn Statement 2013 policies.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMRC wins employment income avoidance case

    A tax tribunal ruling against an income tax avoidance scheme is expected to protect up to £400 million in tax that would otherwise not have been paid.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMRC announces tax award winners

    The winners of the HMRC External Engagement Awards 2013 have been announced.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Paperless Self Assessment moves a step closer

    HMRC has announced plans for paperless Self Assessment tax returns in a consultation document published today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tax avoidance on loan interest scheme shut

    The First-tier Tax Tribunal has ruled against a tax avoidance scheme which replaced interest on a loan between two companies in the same group with shares issued to a third one.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Court blocks bonus tax avoidance scheme

    An offshore tax avoidance scheme used by an FTSE 100-listed investment management company to pay its employees tax-free bonuses has been closed by Scotland’s most senior court.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government