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HMRC’s progress using UK taxpayers’ offshore banking data

Amit Puri who leads our Tax Investigations and Disputes practice, provides a further update to the article he wrote for the June issue of the Institute of Certified Practising Accountants (ICPA)  bi-monthly magazine. In that article, and the corresponding article posted on this site, Amit examined HMRC’s Worldwide Disclosure Facility (“WDF”) statistics and asked the […]

UK Tax on Indian Interest Income – A Little Known Fact

  Many Indians resident in the UK, and some tax advisers, mistakenly believe that interest income arising in India is not taxable in the UK. In the February edition of Taxation, Pure Tax’s Managing Partner Amit Puri sets the record straight. Misconceptions Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) can benefit from savings and investment products in India geared […]

HMRC Serious Tax Investigations – latest statistics

In September 2019, Amit Puri shared an article regarding HMRC’s serious civil tax investigations’ statistics. Following a further Freedom of Information Act 2000 request to HMRC, Amit now shares an updated version of his article which includes the latest Codes of Practice 8 and 9 tax investigations statistics from HMRC. This is perhaps even more poignant […]

HMRC’S WDF statistics – where are we now?

Amit Puri, who leads our Tax Investigations and Disputes practice was recently published in the June issue of the Institute of Certified Practising Accountants (ICPA)  bi-monthly magazine. Within the article, Amit examines HMRC’s Worldwide Disclosure Facility (WDF) statistics and asks the question – where are we now? Most tax practitioners will be aware the deadline […]

HMRC Let Property Campaign – Where Are We Now?

In September 2019, Amit Puri (Tax Director) shared an article regarding HMRC’s Let Property Campaign (LPC) statistics.  Following a further Freedom of Information Act 2000 request to HMRC, Amit now shares an updated version of his article which includes the latest LPC disclosure figures from HMRC. Let Property Campaign – Introduction: Making any kind of […]

HMRC – Business as Usual?

Our Head of Tax Investigations and Disputes practice, Amit Puri, has been keeping his ears close to the ground during the coronavirus outbreak, trying to understand what moves HMRC are making in order to best inform Pure Tax’s clients. What is the current state of play? From his previous experience of working with HMRC in […]

PT Update: Our Response to COVID-19

With advice from the Government being updated daily and business across the UK adapting to new ways of working, we wanted to reassure you that Pure Tax is implementing measures to protect the safety and wellbeing of both our clients and employees during the coronavirus pandemic. First, we remain fully open for business. We are […]

Supreme Court Rules Gift to Jersey Trust Exempt from IHT

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has ruled in the case of Routier & Venables v HMRC that a gift by will to a Jersey charitable trust is exempt from UK Inheritance Tax. Beryl Coulter passed away in October 2007, leaving her UK estate of £1.8 million to a trust set up to build […]

Let Property Campaign Disclosures – Latest Statistics

Let Property Campaign Following on from a recent article by Tax Director, Amit Puri, regarding the current state of play with HMRC serious civil tax investigations, Amit continues the analytical theme with a look at the Let Property Campaign statistics. This follows a Freedom of Information Act 2000 request to HMRC. The Let Property Campaign […]

UK Tax Investigations – Latest Statistics

The latest statistics for serious civil tax investigations were recently obtained by Pure Tax’s Amit Puri, in response to a Freedom of Information Act 2000 request to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).  Prior to joining the team at Pure Tax, Amit spent almost 11 years working as a senior tax inspector with HMRC. In this […]