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  • G5 letter to G20 counterparts regarding action on beneficial ownership

    The Chancellor, alongside his G5 counterparts, has written to the G20 urging progress towards a fully global exchange of beneficial ownership information.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • UK leads European calls for G20 action on beneficial ownership

    The UK enters ground-breaking deal to tackle tax evasion and corruption with Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • PM: Companies to be liable for employees who facilitate tax cheating

    The UK will bring forward plans to introduce a criminal offence for corporations who fail to stop their staff facilitating tax evasion.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • UK launches cross-government taskforce on the ‘Panama Papers’

    HMRC experts, who have tracked down £2 billion from offshore tax dodgers since 2010, are already investigating 700 current leads they have with a link to Panama.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • HMRC’s response to the ICIJ story on offshore tax evasion

    HM Revenue and Customs’ response to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) story on offshore tax evasion

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  • Finance Bill 2016 legislates new tax changes

    Finance Bill introduces measures to provide opportunity for families, back British business and tackle multinational tax avoidance.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Taxman seizes more than £2 billion from tax avoidance scheme users

    Over £2 billion has been collected from users of tax avoidance schemes as a result of new government measures to collect disputed tax upfront.

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  • Lin Homer to step down as HMRC CEO in April

    Lin Homer has announced today that she is to leave HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in April, after more than four years as Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary and a public service career spanning 36 years.

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  • Net closes in on offshore tax cheats

    The Financial Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, today launched a campaign warning offshore tax evaders that HMRC will start to receive details on UK taxpayers from more than 90 countries, under new global agreements ch…

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • UK tax gap falls to 6.4%

    The tax gap for 2013 to 2014 was 6.4% of tax due, continuing a long-term downward trend, reflecting that HMRC's approach is delivering steady and sustained progress.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Crackdown on tax cheats nets £109m in just six months

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) taskforces have brought in £109 million in the last six months it was revealed today.

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  • UK leads international efforts to clampdown on tax avoidance

    Multinationals looking to shift profits to avoid paying their fair share of tax will find it harder to avoid tax.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme postponed

    The scheme will launch on 1 January 2016.

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  • Taxman brings in record £1 billion from avoidance crackdown

    HMRC has collected £1 billion in tax payments from users of tax avoidance schemes as a result of the government’s new rules to collect disputed tax upfront, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, announced tod…

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • HMRC takes next step towards creating a digital future for taxpayers

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) today announced that it will bring some existing IT services under its direct control, while it continues to plan the transition to a new IT delivery model following the ending of the Aspire con…

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • HMRC wins £45m in second Abbey National avoidance case

    HMRC has won another major tax avoidance case against Abbey National Treasury Services PLC (ANTS), protecting more than £85 million for UK taxpayers.

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  • HMRC win Accelerated Payments Challenge

    A challenge in the High Court to the legality of Accelerated Payment Notices has been comprehensively rejected.

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  • Testing times ahead for fuel fraudsters

    HMRC roadside fuel testing equipment to tackle the illicit diesel trade unveiled to Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Damian Hinds.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Offshore tax evaders to face tough new criminal sanctions

    Offshore tax evaders and the professionals who enable tax evasion will face even tougher sanctions.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • HMRC acts to improve customer service

    HMRC allocates £45 million to help improve phone and post service

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