Tax avoidance

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‘A historic step’: G20 discusses plans for global minimum tax on billionaires
Leaders gather in Brazil to explore solutions to hypermobile super-rich avoiding tax

Richard Partington Economics correspondent

29, Feb, 2024 @3:30 PM

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Trump gave top US firms staggering tax cuts, with some paying $0 or less – report
Among lowest taxpayers were companies whose CEOs have become high-profile advocates for corporate social responsibility

Adam Lowenstein in Washington

29, Feb, 2024 @11:00 AM

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If you hate Amazon, blame Rishi Sunak | David Mitchell
The online giant’s vast storage unit on the M1 is a logistical miracle – it’s a pity the lax-on-tax PM has spoiled the view

David Mitchell

25, Feb, 2024 @10:00 AM

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HMRC investigations of wealthy ‘tax dodgers’ halve in five years
The drop in civil inquiries by fraud unit sparks criticism that the authority’s use of its powers of enforcement are waning

Edward Siddons and Jon Ungoed-Thomas

18, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM

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HMRC has not charged a single company over tax evasion under landmark legislation
Powers bestowed by the Criminal Finances Act 2017 are not being used effectively, say critics

Edward Siddons

20, Jan, 2024 @5:00 PM

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A tax evasion law not publicly enforced may as well not exist | Dan Neidle
If HMRC doesn’t prosecute under the The Criminal Finances Act then big corporations won’t bother to comply with it

Dan Neidle

20, Jan, 2024 @5:00 PM

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What do the rich really think about a wealth tax? Not what you would imagine | Caroline Knowles
When even some of the rich are warming to taxes on wealth, why is the Labour party still reluctant to propose them, asks sociologist Caroline Knowles

Caroline Knowles

17, Jan, 2024 @12:11 PM

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The Guardian view on a UN treaty: stop rich nations acting like the tax havens they condemn | Editorial
Editorial: Developing countries are right to want to fight illicit financial flows and combat aggressive tax strategies that rob them of cash they need

Editorial

20, Dec, 2023 @6:25 PM

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US multinationals underpaid £5.6bn in tax in UK last year, HMRC believes
Total of £11.5bn in missing tax from foreign companies is suspected for 2022-23, according to UHY Hacker Young

Gwyn Topham

11, Dec, 2023 @12:01 AM

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UK to remain global centre of ‘dirty money’ without offshore registers, MPs say
MPs say plans for corporate public ownership disclosure in Britain’s overseas territories must be revived

Rob Davies

07, Dec, 2023 @6:51 PM

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Push to give UN more say on global tax rules likely to stumble at vote
US, EU and UK expected to reject motion by African countries frustrated at OECD efforts to reform international taxation

Phillip Inman

22, Nov, 2023 @7:00 AM

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EU-funded report calls for wealth of super-rich to be taxed, not income
Wealthiest 3,000 working on ‘edge of legality’ using shell companies to funnel dividends and own property to avoid income tax, says study

Kalyeena Makortoff

22, Oct, 2023 @10:00 PM

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