by George Turner | Feb 19, 2021
A new report from TaxWatch: “Equality before the law? HMRC’s use of criminal prosecutions for tax fraud and other revenue crimes. A comparison with benefits fraud”, reveals the huge disparity between the way in which benefits crime is treated in the UK...
by George Turner | Feb 19, 2021
19th February 2021 HMRC’s use of criminal prosecutions for tax fraud and other revenue crimes. A comparison with benefits fraud. Download PDF Summary In this report we look at criminal investigations and prosecutions into tax fraud and other revenue crimes...
by George Turner | Jan 14, 2021
Following the 2008 financial crisis and a series of high profile scandals, the issue of tax avoidance and evasion was brought to the fore of public concern. There has been a concerted effort to tackle this on both a domestic and an international level. HMRC has...
by Alex Dunnagan | Jan 14, 2021
This paper was written by George Turner and was the basis of a presentation to the University of Exeter Business School’s Tax Administration Research Centre Conference in December 2020. Introduction The Global Financial Crisis in 2008 made tax avoidance and...
by George Turner | Jan 11, 2021
As reported in the Financial Times today, HMRC has opened a number of criminal investigations into fraud following enquiries into transfer pricing schemes used by large corporations.1 News of this new approach first emerged in response to a question I posed to Simon...
