13 September 2016
Recent statements by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond suggest a willingness to overturn some of the piecemeal changes put forward by his predecessor and to take a broader view of the UK fiscal system. So what can we expect at the Autumn Statement? We suggest five areas that the Chancellor may wish to tackle.
13 September 2016
HMRC has announced details of its proposed internal reorganisation but will this be enough to ensure it meets its twin aims of improving customer satisfaction and optimising the tax yield? The plans also raise wider questions about what society wants the tax system to achieve, how the tax authority should be resourced and how that resource should be applied.
13 September 2016
Following the European Commission ruling that Apple should pay Ireland €13bn in back taxes, the reaction from the US was indignant. So why do the US authorities appear to be more annoyed with Brussels than they are with Apple?
13 September 2016
Unlike previous facilities, the WDF offers very little in the way of carrot, and rather more in the way of stick given the new sanctions that are set to be introduced in 2018.