Doctors have said the youngster needs a custom built room – but family will lose £20 a week because of new rules A family will lose £80 a month under the hated new bedroom tax – after an extension prescribed … Continue reading
The Work and Pensions Secretary has taken aim at those on benefits but they are not the only ones taxpayers pay for There is nothing worse than people who live off the state for decades and give nothing back. Help … Continue reading
The BBC has told thousands of workers to go ‘off the books’ to cut its tax bill. Whistle-blowers claim stars are routinely ordered to set up personal service companies, or face the sack. The arrangements – condemned as deplorable and … Continue reading
Tax chiefs at Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs were last night accused of having links to companies engaged in potential tax avoidance. An in-depth undercover investigation alleges that senior directors of HMRC were connected with companies that may have been … Continue reading
Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury said that those people who avoid paying tax like comedian Jimmy Carr are the “moral equivalent of benefits cheats”, excuse me Mr.Alexander, you talking about morals is a bit of a joke … Continue reading
Jimmy Carr is one of thousands of wealthy Britons using an offshore scheme to pay a little as 1 per cent income tax, it was claimed last night. The comedian is understood to be the largest beneficiary of a Jersey-based … Continue reading
Workers who strike will lose tax credits – saving the taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds – under plans unveiled last night. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said he was ending the ‘perverse’ situation where strikers’ income is … Continue reading
The head of the International Monetary Fund enjoys a tax-free income of £350,000, it emerged yesterday – days after she attacked Greeks for failing to pay their taxes. Christine Lagarde provoked a furious backlash after blaming Greece’s economic plight on … Continue reading
The Tory-linked “campaign group” TaxPayers’ Alliance has been forced to admit that one of its directors hasn’t paid a penny of UK tax in years. Alexander Heath – who, strangely enough, is not listed on the TPA website – lives … Continue reading
Up to 2,000 senior civil servants are dodging millions of pounds in tax by channelling their pay through private companies and agencies, a Government review has revealed. A leaked letter from Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander said the scale of … Continue reading