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From his Leeds constituency we are joined by the Labour MP Alex Sobel who’s led the call for universal basic income to be introduced during this public health emergency.
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the taxman in a legal battle with the Scottish football club Rangers. More than £47 million was paid to players and club officials through “employee benefit trusts”. The club argued the payments were loans but the court ruled they were taxable earnings. The judgement could mean many…
Six times as much money is being paid to Facebook for advertisements telling people to pay their taxes, than the multinational company itself pays in tax.
Siobhan Kennedy
The boss of HMRC Lin Homer faces a grilling in front of the Public Accounts Committee later today. If Channel 4 News had a seat at the table here’s 10 things we’d love to ask her.
As tax chiefs are reeling over criticism of their failure to track down tax avoiders in Switzerland, they now face another scandal, and another whistleblower, over HSBC’s operation in the UK.
Alex Thomson
A lot of folk wish to know why Hector the Taxman is expending considerable sums of our dosh to pursue Rangers FC over alleged mass tax avoidance.
A damning report from MPs accused HMRC of “losing its nerve” on tackling tax avoidance. The taxman has hit back, accusing MPs of using the figures misleadingly. Who is right?
The HMRC had hoped to collect more than three billion pounds in unpaid taxes from UK holders of Swiss bank accounts, so why has it only recouped a few hundred million?
The government is cracking down on employers who advertise unpaid intern posts and is issuing new pay guidance for young people. But will it be enough to stop young people working for free?
Siobhan Kennedy
Matt Brittin, Google’s boss in northern Europe, will be showing a humble face in front of MPs this morning. But it is the taxman who should face the toughest questions.
The public accounts committee could not be clearer: HMRC is “fighting a battle it cannot win”, while accountants are using their cosy relationship with government to benefit well-heeled clients.
Tax avoidance schemes should be discouraged by the naming and shaming of those who promote them, according to a new report by the public accounts committee.
Alex Thomson
With rumblings of discontent over the relationship between HMRC and the media, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson looks at the latest status of the Rangers “Big Tax Case”.
Delays in answering phone calls to government tax hotlines are costing callers £136m a year, an investigation by the government’s public spending watchdog reveals.
Millionaires and celebrities who use tax avoidance schemes may be exposed by their own accountants under a plan by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.