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TaxWatch analyses the latest tax gap data and examines manifesto pledges to narrow the gap to see whether they represent credible plans to increase tax revenues
TaxWatch analyses the latest Tax Gap publication, noting it has reached £40bn in 2022-23 yet still doesn’t cover offshore matters
TaxWatch reflects on the party manifestos for the upcoming General Election
TaxWatch reflects on the Liberal Democrat proposal to hike Digital Services Tax
Conservative Party to re-introduce age related allowances: TaxWatch’s thoughts on the proposal
The abrupt end to the Parliamentary session leaves several key Finance Bill clauses to the final washup day.
HMRC is being elusive about the amounts due on specific offshore compliance penalties, providing confusing answers to Freedom of Information requests.
The Treasury’s additional funding for HMRC customer service is just a sticking plaster over an ingrained problem that needs a longer-term strategy and consistency of funding to resolve.
HMRC now says offshore tax gap data will be published in June 2024, two years after the government announced it and a year after the information was due.
TaxWatch published an article in Taxation magazine last week about the launch of the Funding the Nation report by ARC, the union for senior staff within HMRC.
While HMRC appears to have stepped up activity against the promotion of tax avoidance arrangements, it seems that increased civil action is at best only containing the total number of schemes.
What are the implications of the additional fiscal support given to the creative industries in the Spring Budget, and do the changes provide value for money?