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  • Record £220 million haul from wealthy taxpayers

    A specialist unit dealing with the country’s wealthiest taxpayers brought in a record £220 million of extra tax last year, HMRC revealed today.

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

  • Tax barrister beaten in court

    A top tax barrister who designed his own tax avoidance scheme and defended it in court against HMRC has lost his attempt to avoid paying £190,000 in tax.

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

  • Speech by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke MP: a competitive UK tax system

    Speech by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.

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

  • New UK multilateral action to combat tax evasion

    The Government has today agreed with France, Germany, Italy and Spain to develop and pilot multilateral tax information exchange

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

  • Shake up of PAYE begins

    The biggest shake up of the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system in nearly 70 years - Real Time Information - starts from 6 April.

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

  • Publication of the Finance Bill 2013

    Enacting tax measures announced since the March 2012 Budget

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

  • Morgan Stanley’s £60m tax avoidance scheme beaten in court

    FTSE 100 company Land Securities has lost a court battle with HMRC that could have cost the UK at least £60 million.

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

  • HMRC keeps up the pressure on tax cheats

    Tax cheats who become insolvent to dodge their companies’ tax obligations face up to 5 years scrutiny from HMRC.

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

  • Government announces new measures to block tax avoidance involving offshore employment intermediaries

    The Government has today announced that it will strengthen legislation to block tax avoidance involving offshore intermediaries.

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

  • Get ready for RTI

    With just one month to go until the start of the biggest shakeup of the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system in nearly 70 years, HMRC is urging employers to get ready.

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

  • Tribunal rules strongly against film scheme

    A tax avoidance scheme marketed by Goldcrest Pictures Limited to some of the wealthiest people in society has failed to live up to its promise.

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

  • Speech by Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke MP; Tax competitiveness

    Speech by Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.

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

  • Tax cheats named

    Names of deliberate tax defaulters have been published online for the first time.

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

  • Online tax week for new and growing businesses

    For the first time businesses are being offered interactive support with their tax affairs by HMRC.

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

  • Joint Exchequer Committee

    The Joint Exchequer Committee met yesterday in Edinburgh with representatives from the UK and Scottish Government

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

  • Self Assessment tax crackdown in South East

    Self Assessment (SA) tax cheats in London and the South East will be targeted by a new HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) taskforce.

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

  • Speech by Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke MP; Tax transparency

    Speech by Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.

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

  • Medical research tax avoidance scheme rejected by court

    A tax avoidance scheme, designed to abuse rules set up to encourage genuine medical research, has been successfully challenged by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in court.

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

  • HMRC’s affluent unit recruits 100 new inspectors

    The tax team dedicated to ensuring the better off play by the rules is set to expand, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said today.

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

  • Top tax criminals get over 150 years behind bars

    The 32 top tax criminals of 2012 have been sentenced to a combined total of 155 years and 10 months behind bars.

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