Increase in Upfront Payments for Tax Avoiders
The government has in recent weeks announced plans to demand any tax owed upfront by users of tax avoidance schemes ahead of HMRC taking the necessary steps to investigate, and ultimately; challenge, the tax owed in the courts.
This hasn’t come as a shock to observers, with Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne touching upon these plans moving forwards as part of his Autumn Statement in December of last year (2013).
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