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Govt hints at ‘death tax’ for LTC funding
LTC white paper may include a 10% levy on estates to fund care.
Tories' top aim is to scrap rise in NI payments
The Conservatives are making a top priority of reversing the scheduled increase in National Insurance contributions.
Hoban wants to end imperial tax system
Reality Check: Fixing the UK’s tax system - reports by Hannah Stodell
MP says 2.4m older people get tax raw deal
Leigh: System for dealing with older people’s tax is too complex
Tax-dodging couple get six-year jail terms
£4m is syphoned off through false accounting
IFS leads pleas to scrap tax relief restrictions
The Institute of Fiscal Studies and PricewaterhouseCoopers have both slammed Chancellor Alistair Darling’s decision to restrict tax relief onpensions for high-earners in their response to the Treasury’s consultation.
HMRC to publish names of tax cheats
Taxpayers who deliberately evade tax will face being named and shamed, under new rules put in place today.
Tory donor under fire for non-dom tax status
Conservative deputy chairman and party donor Lord Ashcroft has come under fire for using non-domicile status to save himself millions of pounds in tax.
Couple jailed and fined £4m for offshore tax dodge
Husband and wife jailed for six years – couple laundered money through property and hid it in offshore accounts.
Committee of Public Accounts calls for tax clarity for elderly
Chairman Edward Leigh MP says more work needs to be done to make tax reporting for older people clearer and more efficient.
Coronation Street star records death tax warning video
William Roache, who plays Ken Barlow, raises concerns about any potential death tax.
HMRC extends consultation following tax advice outcry
Experts warn legislation as currently drafted would penalise any advice that leads to a tax loss to the Treasury.
Analysis
Revenue relents on time to consult over advice crackdown
HM Revenue & Customs has extended the consultation period for draft legislation on tax advice after an industry outcry. Tax experts called on HMRC to redraft proposed legislation on penalties for tax agents after fears that advisers could be punished for giving legitimate advice on reducing tax liabilities.
Tony Wickenden
Casting the net
The imminent introduction of an effective 60% rate of tax should prompt advisers to get informed to help clients
