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‘Heavy hint’ from Treasury: tax rises will come
Have Treasury civil servants been sending coded warnings that public sector cuts might be getting out of hand? The IFS thinks so, blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
The UK arm of internet shopping giant Amazon received more money in government grants than it paid in UK corporation tax in 2012, according to new figures revealing the internet giant’s accounts.
Internet giant Google is accused of using doing “evil in using smoke and mirrors to avoid paying tax” by MP Margaret Hodge during testy exchanges before the public accounts committee.
George Osborne says nations must be able to collect the tax due to them, as he reveals agreement between the G7 group of economic powers to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.
Tax havens are to commit to disclose the bank details of British taxpayers, as campaigners challenge an alleged deal allowing Goldman Sachs to skip a multi-million-pound interest bill on unpaid tax.
George Osborne will offer tax breaks to producers who make big budget TV programmes here in the UK, in an attempt to win back productions that have fled to Eastern Europe. Sarah Smith reports.
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.
The “big four” accountancy firms are accused of using information gleaned from working for government departments to help firms and wealthy people avoid tax.
The government says its tax changes mean people can now work for five more weeks before paying tax – but sadly it is not quite as simple as that.
As a raft of changes to the tax system come into effect, the government and opposition clash over the winners and losers.
Five fraudsters who pretended to be making a Hollywood blockbuster as part of a £2.8m VAT and film tax credits scam are jailed.
Have Treasury civil servants been sending coded warnings that public sector cuts might be getting out of hand? The IFS thinks so, blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
In his fourth budget, Chancellor George Osborne says growth will be lower than previously forecast, but Britain will avoid a triple-dip recession.
Ahead of Chancellor George Osborne’s 2013 budget, here are five key things to look out for – from the changes which could hit your pocket to the numbers behind Britain’s zombie economy.
The Cypriot parliament votes against plans to tax people’s bank deposits to secure a bailout from the EU and IMF. Meanwhile, the RAF flies 1 million euros in to keep British forces there in cash.
Ministers have not fully thought through the implications of their social care reforms, a hard-hitting report finds.