James Edwards looks at the Family Division’s response to HMRC's recent application for disclosure of ancillary relief hearing transcripts.
'The best way to tackle tax avoidance is to prevent it ... by designing tax law effectively ...'
HMRC defends exclusion of P14 returns from the scope of ESC A19
‘These criminals have collectively cost the taxpayer over £765m,’ says Exchequer Secretary
Those with outstanding 2009/10 returns have been offered favourable penalty terms
Steve Edge gives his view on why the time is right for the introduction of a limited scope general anti-abuse rule of the type proposed
HM Treasury issued a joint statement announcing publication of the Model Intergovernmental Agreement to Improve Tax Compliance and to Implement FATCA.
Confidentiality of taxpayer information ‘has always been a fundamental cornerstone of tax systems,’ says OECD
The OECD has updated Article 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention explicitly to allow tax authorities to request information on a group of taxpayers without naming them individually.
HMRC invited anyone with information about suspected tax fraud to call its ‘tax evasion hotline’ as it announced that a plumber who pleaded guilty to fraudulent tax evasion – contrary to the Taxes Management Act 1970 – had been jailed for 12 months.