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From The Rt Hon David Gauke
  • Multinationals face £1.1 billion in extra tax after HMRC challenges transfer pricing

    Multinational corporations were hit with £1.1 billion in extra tax demands last year after HMRC successfully challenged the prices charged between companies in the same multinational group for goods and services.

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

  • Online tax summaries available now

    More than 8 million taxpayers who filed their 2013 to 2014 tax return electronically by the 31 January deadline can now access their online tax summary.

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

  • HMRC map pinpoints tax crime

    An online map pinpointing tax cheats around the country together with their crime and sentence has been launched today by HMRC. The map allows people to see the impact of HMRC’s enforcement work.

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

  • 2 million businesses accessing online tax accounts

    Financial Secretary to the Treasury meets Leeds businesses as he marks 2 million online tax account users.

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

  • HMRC puts forward new measures to tackle persistent tax avoiders

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has today published the consultation paper, ‘Strengthening Sanctions for Tax Avoidance’, setting out proposals to tackle the serial use of tax avoidance schemes.

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

  • Businesses sign up to online tax account

    More than half a million businesses have signed up to an online tax account – Your Tax Account – HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced today.

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

  • Accelerated Payment notices bring in millions from tax avoidance schemes

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has secured almost all of the disputed tax due from the first group of tax avoidance scheme users to receive Accelerated Payment notices.

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

  • Draft tax legislation published

    Government publishes draft tax legislation to implement Budget and Autumn Statement 2014 policies

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

  • Letter between the Financial Secretary and OTS: competitiveness and other reviews

    Correspondence between Financial Secretary and OTS

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

  • David Gauke's speech on the PwC total tax contribution report

    'The report provides invaluable evidence for us to draw on in shaping tax policy', explains the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.

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

  • Government strengthens safeguards for direct action to recover debts

    Plans to recover tax and tax credit debts directly from the bank accounts of people and businesses who refuse to pay what they owe will include strong safeguards to protect vulnerable taxpayers, the government announced toda…

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

  • David Gauke's speech to the Westminster and City annuities and drawdown conference

    The Financial Secretary to the Treasury gives an overview of the government's pension reforms.

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

  • HMRC defeats three more corporate avoidance schemes

    HMRC has clocked up another three major legal victories over corporate tax avoidance schemes, protecting over £100 million of tax.

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

  • Proposals for new rules for preferential IP regimes: Germany-UK joint statement

    A joint statement between Germany and the UK on proposals for new rules for preferential IP regimes.

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

  • David Gauke's speech at HMRC's 2014 autumn stakeholder conference

    The Financial Secretary to the Treasury sets out progress made, and future plans, on creating a modern and efficient tax system.

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

  • Ten things you need to know about tax avoidance

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) today issued a list of ‘10 things a tax avoidance scheme promoter won’t always tell you’

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

  • Tax avoidance demands top £250m

    HM Revenue and Customs has sent notices to tax avoidance scheme users to pay over £250 million of disputed tax under the Accelerated Payments regime introduced in this year’s Finance Act.

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

  • Crucial step towards fiscal devolution

    The UK Treasury and Secretary of State for Wales have met with the Welsh Government in a landmark step towards greater fiscal devolution.

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

  • Government sets out options to include peer-to-peer (P2P) loans in ISAs

    Government sets out options to enable savers to hold innovative P2P loans in their ISAs which will allow returns to be entirely tax free.

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

  • HMRC publishes 2012 to 2013 tax gap

    The tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax due and the amount collected, was 6.8% of tax liabilities, or £34 billion, in 2012 to 2013.

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