Britain faces a “serious problem” of corporation tax avoidance, caused by overly complex rules and companies doing their utmost to shift their liabilities abroad, a committee of peers has concluded.

An international deal to crack down on secretive tax havens is in jeopardy after the British Crown Territory of Bermuda refused to sign up to new transparency rules.

Internet giant criticised by MPs for ‘brazen’ attempt to reduce its liabilities in UK

Britain’s biggest companies should lose their ability to hide their tax  affairs behind confidentiality rules, the chair of the powerful Public Accounts Committee has told The Independent.

As the tax affairs of Google and Amazon have risen up the agenda, one MP has led the charge. So, James Moore asks her, what’s she planning next?

Britain should stop complaining and change its tax laws, search-engine chief Eric Schmidt tells Hay festival audience

Officials have said that the bloc loses €1 trillion a year through tax dodging

Google is betraying its founding principles by going to extraordinary lengths to avoid paying taxes in Britain, says Ed Miliband.

Vodafone hit back over accusations of tax avoidance yesterday, insisting that it made an "absolutely huge" contribution to the UK Treasury, as the British mobile giant unveiled a big slump in annual pre-tax profits.

Some 5.5 million people overpaid or underpaid tax last year, HM Revenue & Customs has admitted. It means they will be clawing back up to £1bn from unsuspecting taxpayers for unpaid tax in the 2012-13 financial year.

The "sweetheart" deal between HM Revenue and Customs and the investment bank Goldman Sachs was flawed, but not illegal, the High Court has ruled.

Now Google is in spotlight as MPs are told how whistleblowers exposed tax affairs

Regulator stands accused of cowardice and bringing the whole sector into disrepute

Big Four ‘outgun’ HMRC in tax avoidance battle