Last year, we reported on the MoD’s resolution to the problem of military personnel based in Scotland paying more income tax than their counterparts living in other parts of the UK. This is because the [...]
The BBC journalist Colin Campbell went undercover as a self employed builder in order to uncover the illegal trade in receipts. These are then used as evidence to defraud HMRC of both VAT and income [...]
Lorraine Kelly is the most recent in a long line of people in the entertainment industry that have hit the headlines because of HMRC action against them. But has she actually tried to avoid paying [...]
There are many reports about the damage social media usage can do to people’s mental health, particularly young people. Online bullying, suicide guides and self harm ‘tips’ are all part of our relatively new online [...]
In his March 2019 Spring Statement, Chancellor Philip Hammond said: “Since 2010, the government has secured and protected over £200 billion of tax that would otherwise have gone unpaid, introduced over 100 measures to reduce [...]
In 2015, Mossack Fonseca law firm’s files were leaked to the world in, what became known as, the Panama Papers scandal. These documents contained information that led to investigations of financial crimes, of both individuals [...]
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s (CIPFA) latest research into council tax rates predicts a rise in council tax for 80% of councils in England. CIPFA's research findings CIPFA received 328 complete Council [...]
I’m sure we’ve all had a good old whinge about HMRC phone queues, or moaned about the fact that any part of our hard earned money disappears into the Tax Office. But our country couldn’t [...]
