Results 1-20 of 1,458 for tax avoidance

Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber (6 June 2013)

Economic and social consequences of tax evasion and avoidance – Lord Foulkes of Cumnock. Debate

Local Audit and Accountability Bill [HL]: Second Reading (22 May 2013)

Lord McKenzie of Luton: ...Bill introduces a new audit regime for local authorities and health bodies, although the Government have not been able to resist tagging on two largely unrelated matters: amendments to the council tax referendum rules and draconian powers concerning observance of the code on local authority publicity. My noble friend Lord Beecham will deal with each of these in detail in Committee, but I...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Clause 9 — Conversion of civil partnership into marriage (21 May 2013)

Julian Huppert: ...cases, of course, there is no problem, and there are technical ways in which the issue has been resolved. It is already possible for people to transition and the state manages to cope—income tax, HMRC and other systems manage to cope and each have detailed arrangements. I do not think that would pose a problem for somebody transitioning to avoid their previous criminal record, but it...

Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Avoidance (21 May 2013)

Paul Flynn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received from Google, Amazon and Facebook in respect of plans to take forward new measures to increase financial transparency.

Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Evasion (20 May 2013)

David Gauke: The Government has been robust in its response to tax evasion taking action to prevent detect and tackle such behaviour. We have underlined our commitment to tackling non-compliance in those areas by investing over £900 million in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over the Spending Review 2010 period. That will allow HMRC to better tackle evasion, criminal attacks, unpaid tax debt and...

Economy: Growth — Motion to Take Note (16 May 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

Lord Newby: ...move SMEs into exports and to focus our activities on the high-growth market. I hope noble Lords will feel that we are making a real impact in that crucial area. My noble colleague Lady Kramer discussed the challenge of corporates paying the right amount of tax, an area on which we the Government have put a lot of additional emphasis. At the G8 meeting, we made clear that international tax...

Business of the House (16 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

William Bain: Before the G8 summit, may we have a debate on aggressive tax avoidance by multinational companies? Does the Leader of the House share the public’s outrage at this morning’s news that on UK sales last year of £4.2 billion Amazon paid tax of just £3.2 million—almost as much as the company received from Government grants?

Previous Business – Commons: Select Committee (16 May 2013)

Public Accounts: Tax Avoidance. 9:45 am; The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
Witnesses: Matt Brittin, Vice President for Sale and Operations, Northern and Central Europe, Google and John Dixon, Head of Tax, Ernst and Young; Lin Homer, Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary, HM Revenue and Customs and Jim Harra, Director General Business Tax, HM Revenue and Customs

Queen’s Speech — Debate (5th Day) (15 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Lord Avebury: ...the attention of the Commonwealth. As the Commons International Development Committee says, it exhibits unstable politics, a large defence budget, historic levels of significant corruption, tax avoidance, low levels of expenditure on education and health programmes, and its status is that of a middle-income country. Pakistan is the largest recipient of UK aid, but our aims of promoting...

Economic Growth (15 May 2013) See 9 other results from this debate

Danny Alexander: ...changed there will automatically be a referendum. That should be sufficient for anyone. In the Queen’s Speech, the Government have also sought an international environment in which we tackle tax avoidance—a point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Redcar. We have already taken significant strides in this country, but we are working together to support the development of an...

Queen’s Speech — Debate (4th Day) (14 May 2013)

Lord Best: ...to reduce rents to help them, have been accompanied by the levy on housing association and council tenants deemed to have a spare room. I have been much criticised for naming this the bedroom tax, but I suspect that Ministers now regret introducing this controversial measure. This levy penalises those in work as well as those who must find the money from their other benefits by cutting...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members' Business: Vehicle Fuel Duty (14 May 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

Mitchel McLaughlin: ..., the jobs that remain are at a significant risk.  We must address the competitive disadvantage, and it is understandable that people adopt partisan positions on that issue.  For me, however, all those costs taken together amount to a significant issue that is avoidable with a bit of thinking outside the box and not making ourselves hostage to legacy arguments.  That was...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Corporate Tax Evasion (14 May 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

David Gauke: Tax evasion and tax avoidance undermine public revenues and the public’s confidence in the fairness and effectiveness of our tax system. The UK is pursuing action on both fronts through the presidency of the G8. We are promoting the development of new global standards on automatic information exchange and increased transparency of company ownership in order to better tackle tax evasion....

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Topical Questions (14 May 2013)

David Gauke: The hon. Lady is right to raise this issue, which we touched on earlier. One of our priorities for the G8 presidency is to bring forward measures on tax evasion and tax avoidance. It is worth pointing out what the Prime Minister said in an article in The Wall Street Journal yesterday; he wants to encourage “better global reporting to tax authorities in both the developed and developing...

Written Answers — Treasury: UK Companies: Third World Markets (14 May 2013)

Sajid Javid: ...developing countries to access sustainable sources of revenue, including through increasing transparency in the extractives sector to address corruption. One of the Governments key priorities on tax and development is to ensure that developing countries can benefit from international advances on tax transparency and exchange of information as these are important tools in identifying and...

Written Ministerial Statements — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: General Affairs Council (14 May 2013)

David Lidington: ...the deal as soon as possible, and that the ceilings from the February European Council agreement must be respected. 22 May European Council preparation The 22 May European Council will focus on tax evasion and avoidance and energy. There will be an update on the latest developments on economic and monetary union (EMU), and there may also be discussion on foreign policy priorities. We...

Cleveland Fire Authority (13 May 2013)

Tom Blenkinsop: At the meeting mentioned by the hon. Member for Stockton South (James Wharton), the main thrust of the chief fire officer’s argument for seeking a mutual model was to avoid corporation tax. If that is the sole purpose of pursuing the mutual model, one has to assume that the mutual is making a profit, but I want to go into that in more detail. Spending £198,000 from the Department...

Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (13 May 2013) See 6 other results from this debate

Viscount Trenchard: ...it is strange and upsetting to our Japanese friends that Japanese is excluded from the list. The Government deserve congratulations for sticking to their pledge progressively to reduce corporation tax. By April 2015, we should enjoy, at 20%, the joint lowest rate in the G20. That should help the Government's first priority, to strengthen Britain's economic competitiveness. Although I...

Health and Social Care (13 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

James Duddridge: ...elected as chair of the Regulatory Reform Committee, which as a body deals with pieces of legislative reform that the Government think can be fast-tracked for regulation or deregulation in order to avoid burdensome regulation. That is very much a piecemeal process—we looked, for example, at veterinary legislation—but it would be much better to have a big thematic review of...