by Claire Aston | Mar 14, 2024
TaxWatch notes with interest the launch of a Government consultation to strengthen regulations in the tax advice sector, with an alarming 25% of tax liabilities being non-compliant for businesses within self-assessment. Given the 30-month hiatus since the outcome of...
by Dr Pete Sproat | Oct 30, 2023
Two proposals in the draft Finance Bill 2023-24 aimed at tackling “the most persistent and determined promoters of tax avoidance” have been welcomed by TaxWatch. The criminalisation of those who fail to comply with a Stop Notice under the POTAS (promoters of tax...
by Claire Aston | Oct 16, 2023
16th October 2023 £60.5bn estimated UK revenues £14.8bn estimated UK profits £2.8bn estimated corporation tax @ 19% £753m estimated UK corporation tax and digital services tax paid £2.0bn estimated UK tax avoided Introduction TaxWatch’s analysis of seven large...
by Claire Aston | Oct 11, 2023
The Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced plans to appoint a Covid corruption commissioner at the Labour Party Conference this week. The speech was low on detail, except for reference to a figure of £7.2bn of fraud against the taxpayer related to Covid...
by Claire Aston | Jul 20, 2023
£1.13bn – revised estimate of error and fraud in 2020-21 (previously £338m) 24.4% – revised rate of error and fraud in SME scheme (previously 5.5%) £1.05bn – estimated error and fraud in 2022-23 HMRC have finally published initial data from their random enquiry...
by Dr Pete Sproat | Apr 24, 2023
In 2016 Chancellor George Osborne declared the introduction of the loan charge would “shut down disguised remuneration schemes”. Yet HMRC estimates 31,000 people used such schemes in 2020-21, resulting in a loss of £400m in tax. The authorities have attempted to...
