As government tinkers with the non-dom rules, Gary Heynes, national head of the private client group at Baker Tilly considers the pros and cons of the current system and the impact of alternatives such as residence-based tax on Britons living abroad

Tax might be low on the agenda in a divorce, but tax liabilities can easily catch you out from capital gains tax (CGT) on transferring assets to inheritance tax (IHT) issues, says Helen Adams, tax dispute resolution director at BDO

HSBC executives, including the former chair of its audit and risk committees, have been accused of incompetence by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for claiming their were unaware of large scale tax evasion activities in the bank’s Swiss arm, including the use of undisclosed accounts by thousands of UK taxpayers

HMRC has published guidance on new capital gains tax (CGT) rules affecting non-UK residents when they sell their UK residential property

HMRC collected an extra £1.1bn in tax from multinationals last year as the result of successful challenges to transfer pricing arrangements, twice the amount collected in 2012-13, highlighting the tax authority's focus on the abuse of transfer pricing although the revenue collected has dropped since the 2008-09 tax year, reports Pat Sweet