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In the current climate, there’s probably a danger that the CIOT will be accused of some form of ‘geography avoidance’ if I don’t get one thing straight.

As we reported in September’s Technical Newsdesk (Offshore tax evasion – consultation on Requirement to Correct), this is the latest in a series of consultations b

In the October edition of Technical Newsdesk we set out the details of HMRC’s proposals to tackle ‘enablers of tax avoidance’ contained in t

LITRG has submitted comments to HMRC on two consultations on different approaches to tackling the hidden economy – one on sanctions and the

The facts of the case

In May 2008, the taxpayer (‘Mr Hardy’) entered into a contract to purchase a leasehold property, with a view to renting it out.

Following the decision to leave the European Union this summer, the property market is a swiftly changing landscape, but not necessarily for the worse.

This year’s anti avoidance legislation comes against the backdrop of the automatic information exchange agreements which have been entered into between 101 countries: 54 are exchanging by 2017 and

In recent years governments have enacted multiple regimes that compel the automatic exchange of financial account holder information between tax authorities.

HMRC introduced the Worldwide Disclosure Facility (WDF) on 5 September 2016 for individuals and companies to disclose undeclared UK taxes in relation to offshore assets.

One of the novelties of the penalty provisions found in FA 2007, Sch 24 (penalties for inaccurate tax returns etc) is the opportunity for some penalties to be suspended.