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Five arrested as HMRC cracks down on tax evasion among plumbers

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, entrepreneurs, HMRC, offshore, government, income tax, Dave Jennings, disclosure, budget, tax avoidance, income, relief, investigation, penalties, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, Liechtenstein, amnesty

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Seek amnesty or risk investigation as HMRC’s tax net tightens on offshore bank accounts

Friday, July 08, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, tax planning, HMRC, offshore, Dave Jennings, disclosure, tax havens, investigation, banking, penalties, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, tax amnesty, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, amnesty, LDF, HSBC, evasion, Tax Investigations

With a new round of tax investigations being launched into customers of HSBC in Switzerland, HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC’s) drive against holders of undeclared offshore bank accounts is heating up. Waiting to come forward could result in higher tax and penalties, so what are the tax amnesty options?

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Tutors, eBay sellers and tradesmen become tax targets

Thursday, June 16, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business | Tags: tax, HMRC, disclosure, penalties, tax amnesty, amnesty, teachers, eBay, tutors

Three more groups who are perceived to be underpaying tax are to come under the scrutiny of the taxman.

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Singalonga taxman as HNWIs targeted to boost tax take

Thursday, April 21, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, Dave Jennings, HNWI, Protect Your Wealth, investigation, amnesty, domicile, offshore assets, evasion, HNWI unit, High Net Worth Unit, PTSP, avoidance, Plumbers Tax Safe Plan

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Ready to rock ‘n’ roll with HM Revenue & Customs’ punches? Dave Jennings, our tax investigations expert, tells the tale of how wealthier taxpayers are being targeted.

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Plumbers tax amnesty could open floodgates for all

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, Dave Jennings, disclosure, Protect Your Wealth, investigation, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, tax amnesty, Liechtenstein, amnesty, LDF, PTSP, trades, plumbers

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In August, tax investigations partner Grant Summers asked whether there should be a

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Shouldn’t there be tax amnesties for all?

Thursday, August 19, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, tax planning, HMRC, offshore, disclosure, tax havens, penalties, Offshore Disclosure Facility, NDO, amnesty, evasion, medical, Grant Summers

With hundreds of billions of national debt and

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A wealth of knowledge in your latest issue of Bespoke

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business, Day in the life, Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, links, HNWIs, property, capital gains tax, CGT, Bespoke, magazine, yachts, trusts, amnesty, fund management

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Bespoke’s summer issue is out now and features 28 pages of practical advice on specific financial issues of relevance to the HNW community, as well as some lighter lifestyle reads. We’ll be picking out some of the features here on the Bespoke blog, but you can

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HMRC’s squeeze will pile pressure on taxpayers

Friday, June 11, 2010 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, HMRC, government, Dave Jennings, budget, online, trends, public sector, deficit, amnesty, DIY, HNWI unit, Anti-Avoidance Group, call centres, efficiency, spending, self-assessment, helplines, cuts

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Expect less help from your ‘local’ tax office and more onus on you to understand and sort your tax affairs as public sector cuts start to bite.

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200% penalty for offshore tax evasion

Thursday, April 22, 2010 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, tax planning, HMRC, offshore, Dave Jennings, investigation, penalties, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, Liechtenstein, OECD, amnesty, LDF, tax haven, 200%

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Tax, or National Insurance, was bound to be in the headlines during the Budget and Election but very little beats the threat of a 200% penalty for attention. Combined with a

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Secret funds abroad? It may be time to own up

Tuesday, July 07, 2009 | Posted by: Sue Knight
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, HNWIs, offshore, Sue Knight, HNWI, compliance, disclosure, tax havens, Protect Your Wealth, OECD, amnesty, super tax

The new

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