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HMRC prosecutes just 11 wealthy individuals in the past year
Critics are demanding more action after charges brought by the service against rich taxpayers fall by two-thirds since 2018 The number of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigations that resul...
‘I’m embarrassed about how horribly overpaid I was’: tax campaigner Dan Neidle
The former head of UK tax at Clifford Chance says he is now free to expose wrongdoing and unfairness Dan Neidle has thrice refused to say how much money he earned in his previous career as a pa...
Tax firm run by SNP’s auditors accused of potentially running avoidance scheme
Company challenged over advice that one expert says will enable families to avoid paying tax on private school fees A boutique tax advisory firm run by the Scottish National party’s new audit...
King Charles urged to push for breakup of UK’s ‘network of satellite tax havens’
Tax Justice Network says monarch can lead push to revamp laws allowing ‘industrial scale avoidance’ totalling £152bn a year King Charles has been urged to call for the breakup of the “UK...
Starmer attacks Sunak for ‘putting other people’s taxes up so his can stay low’
Labour leader accuses prime minister of refusing to tackle ‘his beloved non-dom status’ UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has used prime minister’s questions to portray Ri...
The Guardian view on the PM’s family finances: out of touch with reality | Editorial
Rishi Sunak doesn’t merely look aloof – he appears to think the rules don’t apply to him Polling companies often ask voters to pick a description from a list of phrases that they most ass...
Hunger, neglect, unnecessary sedation: this is reality inside profit-hungry UK care homes | Leandra Ashton
I have heard so many stories of suffering – and that’s from the institutions rated ‘good’. We can’t look away any longer Leandra Ashton is co-founder of the People’s Care Watchdog W...
India accuses BBC of tax evasion amid Modi documentary row
Country’s finance ministry claims broadcaster has not fully declared its income and profits India’s finance ministry has accused the BBC of tax evasion, saying that it had not fully declare...
Look at how the 1% are doing right now, and tell me the system isn’t rigged | Nesrine Malik
The world’s super-rich have amassed so much wealth since the pandemic that even a Tory minister can see something is amiss You may have forgotten by now, but there was a brief moment during t...
Tax dodging and non-compliance during pandemic cost UK £9bn – NAO
HMRC moved 1,350 compliance staff due to Covid, National Audit Office says, and losses are expected to grow Tax dodging and non-compliance during the pandemic cost the government £9bn, Whiteha...
Global corporations ‘cheating public out of billions in tax’, say campaigners
Tax Justice Network says countries lose $89bn a year by allowing anonymity over use of tax havens Governments around the world could reap almost $90bn a year extra in tax if they made public th...
Revealed: world’s biggest meat firm appears to have avoided millions in UK tax
Exclusive: major supplier to brands including KFC and Nando’s used offshore companies allowing them to reduce UK tax payments, investigation suggests The global megacompanies supplying some o...
London council could seize oligarchs’ homes for affordable housing
EXCLUSIVE: Westminster looking at compulsory purchase orders to tackle laundering of ‘dirty money’ Homes acquired with “dirty money” in the richest parts of London could be seized and t...
Amazon could avoid UK tax for two more years thanks to Rishi Sunak’s tax break
Firm increased business expenses in 2021 after former chancellor introduced 130% ‘super-deduction’ relief scheme Amazon could be off the hook for tax in the UK for at least two more years a...
Number of UK non-doms down by 11% after pandemic travel curbs
HMRC says drop for 2020-21 financial year coincided with ‘substantial reduction in international aviation’ The number of super-rich people who live in the UK but pay no tax on their offshor...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/28/number-uk-non-doms-down-pandemic-travel-curbs
Star executive quit Uber as it faced pressure over UK tax structure
Questions raised for George Osborne – named as ‘strong advocate’ for firm – after revelations about avoidance strategy Osborne and Hancock did not declare secret Uber meetings ‘We need...
Labour demands Tory leadership hopefuls disclose non-dom pasts
Anneliese Dodds asks for clarity on which contenders have held tax status after Zahawi revelations The Labour chair, Anneliese Dodds, has written to her Conservative counterpart to seek assuran...
HMRC criticised over £32bn ‘tax gap’ estimate
Tax experts say shortfall between expected income and actual receipts underplays true scale of fraud in 2020-21 financial year HMRC was accused on Thursday of underestimating the tax gap – t...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/23/hmrc-criticised-over-32bn-tax-gap-estimate
Corruption blights the developing world but the US and Europe are accomplices | Kenneth Mohammed
State capture is growing on every continent but only because the west helps to launder and hide money stolen by kleptocrats Last week, John Penrose, Boris Johnson’s anti-corruption tsar, resi...
Plans to relax accounting rules for small UK firms ‘risks rise in economic crime’
Critics say proposals ‘an own goal’ for government in combating money laundering, tax evasion and fraud The government has been accused of watering down efforts to combat economic crime aft...