HMRC has announced that five of the UK’s top tax fugitives, responsible for £844m of lost tax, have been brought back to the UK to face justice following a global initiative to track down offenders who have absconded abroad before or during their trial

HMRC has announced that it will be closing the 0845 helpline numbers from December 2014 and all calls thereafter will need to be made using 03 numbers

The Finance Committee of the Scottish government is calling for comment and views on the setting of proposed rates and bands for the new Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) - the Scottish equivalent to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and the likely impact on the property market and the wider economy

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is calling for legislation to cover Extra-Statutory Concession A37 (ESC A37), relating to the tax treatment of directors’ fees received by partnerships and other companies

The latest list of tax cheats has been published on the HMRC website ranging from a wine merchant facing a multimillion pound penalty to hairdressers, painters and decorators with more modest fines

With the government moving to online services and ‘digital by default’, the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) wants to see clearer markings used to identify official government websites, to prevent the public from being misled into using unofficial websites that charge for services which are otherwise offered for free or at lower cost

The UK's plan to introduce a tougher tax and regulatory regime for offshore gambling businesses operating in the UK later this year are facing a last-minute legal challenge from the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) which says it will fail in its aim of protecting consumers