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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
11 July 2016
Anti-Money Laundering: European Commission seeks further change
As politicians and the media focus on the potential consequences of the outcome of the UK’s EU Referendum, there is some hint of business-as-usual as the European Commission continues its reform of the anti-money laundering regime with proposals to amend the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive.
23 May 2016
Criminal Finance Bill: legislative action to back up political commitments
One of the questions following the Anti-Corruption Summit and the media furore over the Panama Papers was whether legislative proposals (and related law enforcement resources) would be delivered to underpin high level political commitments. Seeming to answer this the Queen’s Speech confirmed that a Criminal Finance Bill will be presented to tackle corruption, money laundering and tax evasion - key commitments from the Summit.
25 April 2016
Home Office desire for new anti-money laundering powers ahead of Anti-Corruption Summit
With just over two weeks to go until the Prime Minister’s Global Anti-Corruption Summit, the Home Office announced plans on 21 April to make the UK a more hostile environment for people seeking to move, hide or use the proceeds of crime or corruption.
24 March 2016
Tackling Tax Evasion – Finance Bill establishes new criminal offence
The Finance Bill 2016 published today, 24 March 2016, confirms the Chancellor’s commitments to crack down on all forms of tax evasion, avoidance and aggressive tax planning as set out in the Budget 2016. A key part of the comprehensive package of measures are new proposals to tackle off-shore evasion using both civil and criminal means. These stem from a series of consultation under the banner of “No Safe Havens”. In particular, the HMRC departmental plan 2015-20 focuses on increasing the number of criminal prosecutions relating to serious and complex tax crime.
22 March 2016
What the Budget means for tax avoidance
One of the key themes of the chancellor’s Budget 2016 was the continued commitment to cracking down on all forms of tax evasion, avoidance, aggressive tax planning and non-compliance including “tackling the hidden economy”. Reflecting on the £100bn additional tax revenue secured in the last parliament by HMRC, the chancellor stated that this budget “goes further” introducing a comprehensive package of measures - See more at: http://economia.icaew.com/opinion/march-2016/what-the-budget-means-for-tax-avoidance#sthash.t232TBKu.dpuf