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Tax | Parliamentary tax group calls for public input on BEPS tax avoidance plans

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on responsible tax, which is chaired by former Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chair Labour MP Margaret Hodge, is calling on the public to submit their contributions and ideas on how to make the tax system fairer and more transparent, starting with an analysis of the OECD’s BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) proposals to clamp down on the use of aggressive tax avoidance by multinationals
17 Nov 2015
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Tax | HMRC office closures too reliant on transition to online tax services

A lack of IT capability poses a major risk to HMRC’s plan to close all its regional offices and create 13 super hubs across the country. While the tax authority may be saving £100m in real estate costs, this is not a super bullet and much of the reasoning behind the reorganisation requires virtually complete adoption of online delivery for all taxpayer services. Sara White gauges the views of leading tax advisers
13 Nov 2015
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Tax | HMRC reorganisation risks pushing tax authority to breaking point

Tax advisers and professional bodies are sceptical about whether HMRC’s plans to close 137 office across the UK and create 13 regional centres to simplify operations, cut real estate costs and save £100m, will deliver improvements in customer service levels, amid concerns that the changes could stretch the tax department to breaking point
13 Nov 2015
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Tax | Contractors accuse government of ‘wilful disregard’ over IR35 recommendations

With the government yet to publish the results of its discussion document on intermediaries legislation, which looked at proposals to change the regulations around Personal Services Companies (PSCs), the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo)  has accused the Treasury of a ‘wilful disregard’ for the recommendations made by the House of Lords Select Committee set up to look at the issues last year
12 Nov 2015
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Tax | Rangers Football Club ruling on EBTs ruled as avoidance based on case law

In a win for HMRC, the Scottish Court of Session has ruled against Murray Group Holdings, the company behind the now bankrupt Rangers Football Club (Oldco), over a long-running employee benefit trusts (EBT) case concerning trust structures used to pay footballers discretionary bonuses and thus avoid income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs). Sarah Arnold assesses the case law at stake
12 Nov 2015
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