by George Turner | Jun 7, 2022
Taxation magazine recently carried an article from our Executive Director looking at HMRC’s record on tackling marketed tax avoidance schemes over the last 10 years. The article looks at the differing results HMRC has achieved going after two different types of...
by George Turner | Sep 16, 2021
16th September 2021 The Tax Gap Attributable to Fraud was at least £15.2bn in 2019/20 At least 43% of tax losses arise from fraudulent behaviour Executive Summary HMRC’s annual estimate of non-compliance, “the Tax Gap” is regarded by the department as an...
by George Turner | Feb 19, 2021
A new report from TaxWatch: “Equality before the law? HMRC’s use of criminal prosecutions for tax fraud and other revenue crimes. A comparison with benefits fraud”, reveals the huge disparity between the way in which benefits crime is treated in the UK...
by George Turner | Feb 19, 2021
19th February 2021 HMRC’s use of criminal prosecutions for tax fraud and other revenue crimes. A comparison with benefits fraud. Download PDF Summary In this report we look at criminal investigations and prosecutions into tax fraud and other revenue crimes...
by George Turner | Dec 8, 2020
Netflix, tax reform and the unreal nature of digital taxation Netflix has announced that it will be reporting the billions of pounds of revenues it gets from its European customers to their local tax authorities. In the UK, customers have received an email telling...