by Alex Dunnagan | Aug 19, 2020
TaxWatch is calling on the Economic Crime Unit of the City of London Police to open a fraud investigation into the promoters and marketers of disguised remuneration tax avoidance schemes. Recent press reports have revealed that disguised remuneration tax avoidance...
by Alex Dunnagan | Aug 5, 2020
Up to £1.73 billion a year in tax is being dodged by unscrupulous landlords. The new figures are revealed in a report by TaxWatch, and suggests that levels of non-compliance have exploded since 2010, the last time that HMRC published official figures on the scale of...
by Alex Dunnagan | Aug 4, 2020
A new report published by TaxWatch today reveals the serious allegations of fraud being levelled against a major US corporation by HMRC. The full report, titled “Around the world with $5bn: General Electric and the Australian arbitrage” details how General Electric...
by Alex Dunnagan | Jul 17, 2020
The cruise ship industry was an early casualty Covid-19, with all major cruise operators being forced to halt their operations.1 This has hit the industry hard, with share prices in the largest cruise companies dropping by over 50 per cent compared with this time last...
by George Turner | Jul 15, 2020
The decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the Apple case means that Ireland will have to pay back €13bn in taxes they were told to collect from the company by the European Commission. The Commission’s ruling, which was annulled by the court, found...
by George Turner | Jun 1, 2020
Leaked documents reported in the Financial Times indicate that the UK is to make online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay liable to collect VAT on behalf of their sellers. The documents, described as an informal consultation, make clear that the UK is set on the...
