Tax

The prime minister tells Jon Snow today’s G8 declaration on taxation is “a real step forward”, while the Syria statement is “crucial” for a country whose future is without President Assad.

As world leaders at the G8 summit sign up to a plan to combat tax evasion and money laundering, David Cameron tells Channel 4 News it is a “big step forward”.

As leaders of some of the world’s biggest economies head to the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, David Cameron has put tax at the top of the agenda.

Internet giant Google is criticised for “brazen” attempts to reduce its liabilities in the UK while HMRC and Britain’s accountancy firms are under fire for “helping clients avoid taxes”.

George Osborne has called on Ed Miliband to pay up to £1.5m to the Treasury after Labour was accused of helping a millionaire businessman avoid paying tax on a major donation.

Less than a year ago he was Britain’s top tax official. Now Dave Hartnett is an adviser to Deloitte, a leading accountancy firm involved in the controversy over corporate tax avoidance.

I interviewed Google’s Eric Schmidt about his fascinating book on how the world must adapt to cope with new technology. But first, the thorny question of tax avoidance.

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt defends the company against accusations that it is not paying its fair share of tax and says it is governments that make the rules.

MPs are falling over themselves to talk tough on tax. But with Google claiming tax avoidance is merely capitalism in action, lawmakers are now coming under scrutiny in the Great British tax debate.

David Cameron hosts a summit of his business advisory group in Downing Street, but does not raise the issue of tax avoidance with Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt.

A former Google executive turned whistleblower claims the internet giant has cheated UK taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of pounds.