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  • Crackdown on hauliers in the Midlands

    HMRC has launched a taskforce to tackle tax dodgers in the Midlands haulage industry, to recover £3.5 million.

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

  • £200 million digital investment supports growth and empowers millions

    HMRC’s Digital Services are to be transformed by £200 million of Government investment, as taxpayers get direct access to their tax affairs.

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

  • Record numbers of employers report PAYE in real time

    More than 1.4 million employer PAYE schemes are now reporting to HMRC in real time since the launch of new tax reporting requirements in April.

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

  • HMRC tax tribunal victory saves £190m

    A tax avoidance scheme in which over £6 million of shares were sold for £592 would have left UK taxpayers to pick up the tab.

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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, on tax and reputation

    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

  • UK government to assist Tanzania and Ethiopia in tax collection

    UK’s Developing Countries Capacity Building Unit will help the countries collect more tax as part of new projects to be announced

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

  • Graduate recruitment scheme wins award

    HMRC beat banks and other financial institutions to win the title of ”Most popular graduate recruiter – Banking, insurance and financial services 2013”.

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

  • Speech by Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury: Creating a competitive tax system

    A speech delivered by David Gauke MP on creating a competitive tax system and tackling avoidance and evasion.

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

  • Bristol and West loses Corporation Tax avoidance case

    Bristol and West, owned by the Bank of Ireland, has lost an attempt at Tax Tribunal to avoid paying around £30 million tax on a £91 million gain.

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

  • 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