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  • Billion pound win for UK taxpayers

    Billion pound win for UK taxpayers

    The Supreme Court today ruled against users of a failed tax avoidance film partnership scheme which tried to use legitimate investment in the film industry as a hook for tax avoidance.

  • HMRC launch Junior Tax Facts at USW

    Tax Facts training for Welsh teachers launched

    For the first time, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has joined with a university to enable trainee teachers to deliver a programme on the facts of tax to local school children.

  • Taking a tax avoidance Liberty

    Taking a tax avoidance Liberty

    HM Revenue and Customs has defeated a tax avoidance scheme used by the wealthy to reduce their tax bills, which the department expects to protect £325 million in unpaid tax.

  • Getting to the root of tax avoidance

    Getting to the root of tax avoidance

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has won a landmark case against a tax avoidance scheme promoter that could lead to the recovery of £110 million.

  • Stop facilitating tax evasion or face criminal prosecution, HMRC tells corporations

    Stop facilitating tax evasion or face criminal prosecution, HMRC tells corporations

    Corporations could be prosecuted if they fail to prevent staff from criminally facilitating tax evasion under a new HMRC law that comes into effect this weekend.


    It is already a crime to evade tax, or deliberately help another person to do so, but on behalf of the majority of taxpayers who pay what is due, the UK government is now taking an even firmer stance on corporate fraud in a mo

  • HMRC opens new Croydon regional centre

    HMRC opens new Croydon regional centre

    HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) first regional centre in Croydon is officially open, the Executive Chair announced today, at the department’s annual stakeholder conference in London.

  • Have you been taxed for your summer job?

    Have you been taxed for your summer job?

    Taking on a summer job as a student not only looks great on your CV after you’ve graduated – it gives you real work experience in your chosen field and gives you a feel of what your dream job is really like day-to-day.
    One of the things it might also introduce you is one of the realities of being an adult – tax.
    However, if you have taken a summer job and feel a sinking feeling when you rece

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