The members of the interim independent advisory panel for HM Treasury's new general anti-abuse rule (GAAR) have been appointed.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has told the World Economic Forum conference in Davos that he will use the UK's G8 presidency to launch a campaign against unethical tax avoidance by multinational companies.

Prudential's attempt to establish legal professional privilege for non-lawyer tax advisors has finally failed at the UK Supreme Court.

The US authorities have issued final regulations to govern the operation of the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

The Law Society and Land Registry have published a new practice note on the joint ownership of property.

Businessman Scot Young has been given a six-month jail sentence for refusing to comply with a disclosure order imposed by the England and Wales High Court.

India's federal government has yielded to pressure to drop its plans for a general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR).

The stamp duty surtax imposed on foreign and corporate buyers of residential property in Singapore has been increased from 10 to 15 per cent, only a year after its launch.

Records of taxpayers' emails, text messages and phone calls, as well as websites they have visited, are increasingly being examined covertly by HMRC investigators.

Colombia's finance ministry has issued Decree 1010 of 2020, directing businesses with previously undisclosed or undervalued assets to declare them in their tax returns and pay the relevant normalization tax.