HMRC
CPS set to quintuple tax evasion prosecutions
The CPS is set to increase the number of tax evasion cases it prosecutes fivefold to 1,500 a year by 2014-15.
Is poor customer service at the Revenue costing us money?
We need to know whether HMRC's poor customer service in not answering the phone is reducing tax revenues and increasing collection costs.
As tax avoidance fills the headlines, 10,000 jobs to be cut at HMRC
Fifty-five thousand HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff are on strike today over plans to axe 10,000 jobs from the department.
Memo to 50p tax trashers, #2: The effective tax rate is hardly ever 58p
Alex Hern further questions the letter to the Telegraph supporting the scrapping of the 50p tax rate.
Rangers FC: How a market leader went bust
Stephen Henderson looks at the whole saga of Rangers FC and asks what got them into the financial mess they’re in.
Tax isn’t taxing when you’re Goldman Sachs
Alex Hern writes about the public accounts committee’s report on tax collection and HMRC’s dealings with big businesses, letting them off the hook.