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article 16 May 2013 UK
Google accused of doing 'evil' over UK tax affairs (G)
Google accused of doing 'evil' over UK tax affairs

Internet giant Google is accused of using doing "evil in using smoke and mirrors to avoid paying tax" by MP Margaret Hodge during testy exchanges before the public accounts committee.

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Siobhan Kennedy is the Business Correspondent, and her beat includes everything from industrial action and the long term impact of the recession to where growth is coming from in the economy. Read more from Siobhan Kennedy Google in the hot seat - but HMRC feeling the heat

Matt Brittin, Google's boss in northern Europe, will be showing a humble face in front of MPs this morning. But it is the taxman who should face the toughest questions.

article 16 May 2013 World
Amazon's tax bill and government grants revealed (G)
Amazon pays less corporation tax than it got in grants

The UK arm of internet shopping giant Amazon received more money in government grants than it paid in UK corporation tax in 2012, according to new figures revealing the internet giant's accounts.

video 11 May 2013 UK

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Osborne: Tax evasion 'a priority' for G7 - video

George Osborne says nations must be able to collect the tax due to them, as he reveals agreement between the G7 group of economic powers to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.

article 02 May 2013 UK
HMRC tax office (Reuters)
£20m tax deal went ahead partly to avoid embarassing Osborne

The former tax chief Dave Hartnett has admitted that he waived up to £20m of tax owed by Goldman Sachs partly to avoid the firm pulling out of a new code of practice and embarrassing the Chancellor.

article 02 May 2013 World
The British Virgin Islands have agreed to share information
Tax havens agree crackdown on tax evasion

Tax havens are to commit to disclose the bank details of British taxpayers, as campaigners challenge an alleged deal allowing Goldman Sachs to skip a multi-million-pound interest bill on unpaid tax.

video 29 April 2013 UK

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Tax breaks for big-budget TV - video

George Osborne will offer tax breaks to producers who make big budget TV programmes here in the UK, in an attempt to win back productions that have fled to Eastern Europe. Sarah Smith reports.

article 26 April 2013
The public account committee could not be clearer: HMRC is
by David Weisbloom Tax avoidance: MPs take on HMRC and accountants

The public accounts committee could not be clearer: HMRC is "fighting a battle it cannot win", while accountants are using their cosy relationship with government to benefit well-heeled clients.

article 26 April 2013 Business
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Accountants seconded to government are 'abusing position'

The "big four" accountancy firms are accused of using information gleaned from working for government departments to help firms and wealthy people avoid tax.

article 09 April 2013 UK
Tax Freedom Day moves one day later in 2013 (Getty)
by Jennifer Rigby Why you have to work one more day this year to pay tax

The government says its tax changes mean people can now work for five more weeks before paying tax - but sadly it is not quite as simple as that.