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HMRC are being 'bamboozled' by Google: MPs confront search giant over 'devious' attempt to avoid paying UK tax
Friday 17 May 2013
Internet giants on back foot after shopping giant admitted it receives more in government grants than it pays in UK corporate tax
HMRC recalculates bills for 5 million taxpayers
Thursday 16 May 2013
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.
Defeat for UK Uncut as High Court rules Goldman Sachs 'sweetheart' tax deal is flawed but lawful
Thursday 16 May 2013
But judge tells UK Uncut that deal was 'not a glorious episode in the history of the Revenue'
'Sweetheart' deal between HMRC and Goldman Sachs was struck to save Government embarrassment, court hears
Thursday 02 May 2013
A “sweetheart” tax deal which saved Goldman Sachs millions of pounds was agreed by HMRC to save Chancellor George Osborne from “major embarrassment”, a court has heard.
Bringing Amazon to book: 160,000 sign independent shops petition amid tax anger
Wednesday 24 April 2013
World's largest online retailer under renewed pressure to pay corporation tax in Britain
Unpaid full-time ‘job’ exposed at second Premier League side
Saturday 13 April 2013
Wigan Athletic have become the second Premier League football club to be exposed for advertising a lengthy internship with no salary.
Thousands of Revenue and Customs workers set to strike
Sunday 07 April 2013
Thousands of Revenue and Customs workers will go on strike tomorrow in the latest phase of months of industrial action by civil servants in a row over jobs, pensions and terms and conditions.
Diesel laundering operation smashed after dawn raids north and south of Irish border
Wednesday 13 March 2013
Detectives have smashed a massive multimillion-euro diesel laundering plant in one of the biggest cross-border operations of its kind in Britain or Ireland.
The Business Matrix: Tuesday 19 February 2013
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Five-day airline strike hits Spain
Ally McCoist is a credit to Rangers, says Kenny McDowall
Thursday 14 February 2013
Rangers assistant boss Kenny McDowall believes the turmoil of the last 12 months will make Ally McCoist a better manager.
Senior barrister who specialised in fraud cases guilty of VAT scam
Monday 11 February 2013
A senior barrister and expert in fraud cases was convicted today after he “disappeared off the VAT radar” in a “preposterous” ploy to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of pounds of tax.
Coalition 'will have increased taxes 300 times by 2015'
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Taxes will have been increased almost 300 times by the coalition Government before its term of office ends in 2015, new research claimed today.
Revenue and Customs pledges to scrap fee-charging 0845 telephone lines
Monday 28 January 2013
Customers will no longer be left hanging on premium rate numbers when they contact HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the tax collection agency has promised.
Self-assessment deadline looms for thousands
Sunday 27 January 2013
Nearly half a million people wait until the very last day to file their self-assessment tax form according to figures from HM Revenue & Customs.
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Exclusive: Woolwich attack suspect was known to banned terror group and security services
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'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Horrific attack brings terror to London’s streets
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Grace Dent: I’m not sure how these people can avoid being called ‘bigots’. And the more ‘civilised’, the worse they are
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Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, the mother-of-two hailed as a hero for confronting Woolwich attackers, thought: 'better me than a child'
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Woolwich attack: The EDL will seek to exploit this evil crime for their own evil ends
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