Tax

Research from card comparison service Merchant Machine has found that the Gulf nation of Qatar is the country with the lowest individual taxes

HMRC is set to move bases in the North East to Newcastle’s Pilgrim’s Quarter

Following the break in the stamp duty taxation on home purchases as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, homebuyers in England saved £4.6 billion that otherwise would have been paid to the UK government

The double taxation agreement (DTA) beyween Russia and Switzerland could be revised after officials met last week

A controversial new law came into force in France on 1 November 2021 to apply, under certain conditions, French forced heirship rules even where a will specifies a foreign legal system should apply.  This could have significant consequences for some UK residents with French assets.

Taxpayers paid £125 million in unnecessary tax through ‘gifts gone wrong’ in the past year, UK private client law firm Boodle Hatfield has revealed

Figures from HMRC show that inheritance tax (IHT) receipts for April 2021 to October 2021 are £3.6 billion, which is £600 million higher than in the same period a year earlier

Canadian province Ontario has announced plans to address tax evasion, money laundering and other illicit financial activities by amending its Business Corporations Act

A freedom of information act has revealed that HMRC has already issued several financial institutions with requests for taxpayers' financial information and as a result no investigation or tribunal has come from it

A report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on managing tax debt through the pandemic has shown there is still £42 billion of tax debt owed to HMRC as of 30 September 2021