Tax update, November 2016

In this update we report on the proposed new corporate offence of failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion, success against HMRC in the Supreme Court in relation to unlawful disclosure of confidential information and HMRC’s new specialist team which has been set up to tackle exploitation of freelance workers.

We also comment on three recent cases on share loss relief claims, HMRC’s attempt to transfer PAYE liabilities to employees and the Tribunal’s jurisdiction to consider HMRC’s duty to act fairly when administering its statutory powers.