Regulation of tax advisers

by | Oct 10, 2023

“New £2.6bn tax compliance crackdown can’t work if existing tools are barely being used”: TaxWatch Budget analysisThe Budget’s third-largest tax pledge relies on a UK tax authority that is suffering from recruitment delays and unfinished IT systems. Just 26 of 6,700...

Tax fraud and avoidance

by | Oct 10, 2023

HMRC tells MPs it doesn’t know how many large businesses it’s investigating for tax fraudOn 18 May, MPs quizzed senior HMRC officials about how they’re making the biggest multinational companies pay their due taxes. HMRC officials confirmed TaxWatch’s findings...

Tax administration

by | Oct 10, 2023

The best spent money in Whitehall?New figures show that HMRC’s efforts to make taxpayers pay the right tax brought in £22 for every £1 spent last year. That’s exceptional value for money. Nonetheless beneath the headline numbers there’s a more...

Personal taxation

by | Oct 10, 2023

What should we learn from multinationals about how to tax billionaires? A tax gap long readHMRC wants to offer the wealthiest taxpayers a dedicated tax ‘concierge’ service to help them pay their due taxes. It argues that this individualised and cooperative...