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  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    US politics & policy
    US Supreme Court allows prosecutor to obtain Trump tax records

    Manhattan district attorney’s investigation is one of several being carried out on the former president

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    International tax
    Germany seeks global corporate tax deal with Biden administration

    Finance minister Olaf Scholz wants incoming president to agree on OECD proposal

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    HMRC pursues multiple criminal investigations in corporate tax disputes

    Authority scrutinises arrangements of an unnamed number of global groups

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    Denmark charges two UK nationals over $1.6bn tax fraud

    Move is part of sprawling European investigation into share trading dividend scam

  • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
    Financial services
    EU urged to push UK harder on tackling tax avoidance and money laundering

    MEPs warn of weaknesses in Brexit deal over financial transparency provisions

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    UK tax
    UK tax evasion prosecutions fall by half in 5 years

    Critics question HMRC’s strategy considering the billions lost to fraud each year

  • Saturday, 19 December, 2020
    UK tax
    Lords criticise ‘flawed’ plan to give HMRC extra tax powers

    Peers say Revenue should not be able to bypass tribunals and force disclosure of assets

  • Sunday, 15 November, 2020
    UK targets big business in latest move on tax avoidance

    HM Revenue & Customs issues warning on moving profits abroad

  • Saturday, 14 November, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Kleptopia — dirty money’s tangled web of deceit

    Tom Burgis’ probe shines a light on the legalised secrecy within the financial system

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  • Thursday, 5 November, 2020
    Greece
    Greece passes bill critics warn is amnesty for tax offenders

    Opponents say law will freeze criminal probes and court hearings of more than 5,000 alleged tax evaders

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Tax evasion: a private equity mogul gets humbled by the Feds Premium

    Robert Smith drew praise for his philanthropy before admitting to an international tax evasion scheme

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    Utilities
    Three UK water companies hang on to tax haven subsidiaries

    Southern, South East and Welsh have finance companies registered in Caymans despite calls to close them

  • Saturday, 17 October, 2020
    How Robert Smith played hardball with IRS over unpaid taxes

    Vista Equity Partners founder will pay $139m but avoid indictment for years of tax evasion

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    Bhs Ltd
    Philip Green scuppered BHS sale to Mike Ashley, court told

    Claim comes as businessman Dominic Chappell faces trial over £1 sale of retail chain in 2015

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
    Software entrepreneur McAfee arrested on tax evasion charges

    Founder of antivirus company allegedly hid income from touting cryptocurrencies

  • Saturday, 19 September, 2020
    Personal Finance
    HMRC set to gain new powers to force disclosure of assets

    Finance bill measures would allow tax authority to bypass tribunals

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    Tax
    Loan charge deadline reignites debate over tax fairness

    ‘The idea tax law can be changed on a whim is a very worrying development’

  • Monday, 17 August, 2020
    Netherlands politics
    Dutch plan to tax departing multinationals gains momentum

    Unilever has said the bill would change its plans to unify its UK operations

  • Sunday, 9 August, 2020
    UK tax authorities triple probes of footballers

    HMRC opened 246 investigations, with payments for image rights under scrutiny

  • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
    News in-depthGeneral Electric Co
    Why the UK tax authority is accusing General Electric of a $1bn fraud

    HMRC has gone from praising the company’s tax department to suing it in a landmark case

  • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
    Personal Finance
    HMRC targets wealthy in push on tax evasion

    Data show 430 investigations launched in 2019-20, a 26% rise on previous year

  • Monday, 20 July, 2020
    Personal Finance
    Live Q&A: How will we pay for the pandemic?

    Economics editor Chris Giles takes questions from readers on tax rises and the public finances

  • Sunday, 19 July, 2020
    UK tax
    MPs call for crackdown on advisers behind unlawful tax avoidance

    Cross-party group want to make criminal prosecutions and increased fines easier

  • Sunday, 19 July, 2020
    Total tax that HMRC is disputing with UK companies rises sharply

    Increase follows crackdown on multinationals shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions

  • Thursday, 28 May, 2020
    General Electric Co
    UK tax authority accuses General Electric of fraud in $1bn dispute

    HMRC applies to change its case to allege that fraudulent misrepresentations were made

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