UK: HMRC to offer ‘life-changing’ cash rewards for employees who grass tax dodging bosses

HMRC to offer ‘life-changing’ cash rewards for employees who grass tax dodging bosses.

In an effort to cut the UK’s ‘tax gap’ by targeting large firms and wealthy individuals, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has boosted the cash rewards available to Brits who report fraudsters. Chancellor Rachel Reeves officially announced the new scheme in last month’s spring statement, claiming it will help the government to recoup a share of the £7.5 billion lost each year to tax avoidance – which is legal – and evasion – which isn’t.

4 July 2025

WEALTH TAX: Spain, Brazil and South Africa create alliance to tax super-rich at UN conference

Spain, Brazil and South Africa announced a new global coalition to tax the super-rich at the Fourth Financing for Development Conference in Seville, Spain. Oxfam said the alliance created at the UN

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5 February 2024

ASIA: What ED probe on Indian owners of offshore firms reveals

Indian owners of offshore firms named in the Pandora Papers are – Anil Ambani, Sachin Tendulkar, Niira Radia, Gautam Singhania, and Lalit Goyal, among others. The Enforcement Directorate (ED)

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14 February 2025

EU: EU says it will retaliate immediately if Trump imposes new tariffs

Europe will not hesitate to retaliate if Donald Trump imposes any new tariffs, the European Commission and EU national leaders have said, after the US president announced another escalation of his aggressive

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31 July 2024

US: Kamala Harris Wants to Impose a National Wealth Tax

Vice President Kamala Harris is on record in support of a national wealth tax. In March, the Biden-Harris Administration released its official Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal which calls for the

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