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  • HMRC wins millions from bank avoidance  case

    HMRC wins millions from bank avoidance case

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has won a major tax avoidance case, protecting more than £17 million for UK taxpayers in the process. The Court of Appeal stopped an attempt by Fidex LTD - a subsidiary of BNP Paribas - to gain a tax advantage using artificial accounting arrangements.
    The scheme tried to take advantage of different accounting standards covering the tax treatment of assets to create

  • Offshore win nets £365 million in billion pound week for HMRC

    Offshore win nets £365 million in billion pound week for HMRC

    HMRC has protected £365 million in tax after defeating a tax avoidance scheme that involved dividends paid on shares to a company based in the Cayman Islands.
    The First-tier Tribunal ruled that the Clavis Liberty Fund 1 LP scheme, created an artificial tax loss - in a judgment covering 99 partners and protecting tax at stake in other cases.
    The judgment is significant for HMRC as it is the f

  • ​HMRC wins £635 million for the public in landmark case against Eclipse 35 avoidance scheme

    ​HMRC wins £635 million for the public in landmark case against Eclipse 35 avoidance scheme

    Following a lengthy legal battle, the highest court in the land, The Supreme Court, today ruled in favour of HM Revenue and Customs, refusing the Eclipse Film Partners (No 35) LLP, permission to appeal last year’s Court of Appeal decision, protecting an estimated £635 million in tax.
    Eclipse claimed to trade in film rights but was in reality a tax avoidance scheme, seeking to create substantial

  • HMRC statement on ICIJ story

    Jennie Granger, HMRC Director General of Enforcement and Compliance, said:
    “HMRC is committed to exposing and acting on financial wrongdoing and we relentlessly pursue tax evaders to ensure that they pay every penny of taxes and fines they owe.
    “HMRC can confirm that we have already received a great deal of information on offshore companies, including in Panama, from a wide range of sources,

  • Fines warning for alcohol wholesalers

    Fines warning for alcohol wholesalers

    Alcohol wholesalers are risking fines of up to £10,000 or even a criminal conviction if they fail to apply for registration by the end of March, HM Revenue and Customs warned today.

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