by Claire Aston | Jun 14, 2024
At the end of the week of the political party manifestos for next month’s UK General Election, the TaxWatch team have been looking through the various pledges concerning tax from a compliance and administration lens and summarise our thoughts below. Labour Party All...
by TaxWatch | Jun 21, 2023
Latest HMRC estimate of non-compliance unchanged from previous year, at 4.8% of all tax owed Absolute Tax Gap figure is £35.8bn – up from £30.8bn the previous year Changes to small business corporation tax methodology reveal a significant increase in this tax...
by Dr Pete Sproat | Apr 17, 2023
Following an era of austerity and a series of tax scandals, there has been a sea change in the public attitude towards tax evasion and those who create elaborate tax avoidance schemes that go against the spirit of the law. One aspect of this change is the increased...
by Alex Dunnagan | Mar 14, 2023
R&D reliefs predicted to cost over £9bn by 2026-27 – by far the largest corporation tax relief Fraud and error in schemes total over £1.1bn in last three years R&D ‘claims farms’ continue to hard sell opportunities to claim refunds on expenditure that often...
by Alex Dunnagan | Feb 2, 2023
Despite his company being ‘named and shamed’ by HMRC for alleged involvement in disguised remuneration schemes, Paul Ruocco continues to be a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. TaxWatch have submitted a formal complaint to the ICAEW...
by Alex Dunnagan | Jan 18, 2023
A new PAC report argues that the government is “missing the opportunity to recover billions” Tax Debt stands at £41.6bn, over £20bn more than pre-pandemic levels, with HMRC estimating it will take “some years” for this debt to be reduced. New PAC report argues that...
