Successive governments have rejected calls for a tax advice regulator and minimum professional standards, which exist in many other countries from Australia to Germany. It’s high time that UK taxpayers got similar protections.| TaxWatch – TaxWatch
With limited resources, how should the UK prioritise different types and targets of tax enforcement?| TaxWatch
Stronger powers against ‘enablers’ - those who design and enable aggressive tax avoidance and evasion – are back on the table once again. But new figures show that existing powers are still not being used.| TaxWatch
Even after years of attempts at reform, offshore havens still offer secrecy for those determined to hide money and evade tax. In a week when Britain's Overseas Territories have ignored yet another deadline for functioning 'beneficial ownership' registers, new figures on UK tax enforcement...| TaxWatch
Quietly buried in HMRC spreadsheets released today is the news that the UK Tax Gap is consistently much bigger than HMRC previously said. New evidence suggests that the government may be under-estimating by several billion pounds the amount of income hidden offshore, and non-compliance amongst the largest and wealthiest taxpayers.| TaxWatch – TaxWatch
Shrinking the £40 billion tax gap and £38 billion of outstanding tax debts is going to be critical for making today’s Spending Review numbers add up. Can HMRC deliver this with a real-term budget cut?| TaxWatch – TaxWatch
The government wants to step up the fight against enablers of tax abuse (again). New powers and better information can help. But HMRC is barely using the powers and penalties it already has.| TaxWatch
HMRC's first offshore tax gap report looks to understate losses at £300m| TaxWatch
TaxWatch analysis of HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24.| TaxWatch
Analysis of HMRC R&D relief statistics.| TaxWatch
Sweet Deception: £4.4bn tax evasion leaves a sour taste for HMRC Tax evasion growing amongst small businesses, but HMRC lacks an effective strategic response.| TaxWatch
Tax proposals across the UK political parties (General Election 2024)| TaxWatch
HMRC’s increasingly poor telephone service is impacting its ability to collect the right amount of tax and damaging the wider economy.| TaxWatch