IR35 costs UK Research and Innovation £36M – the same it spent funding tech projects Quango tax blunder follows similar payments from Defra and MoJ Science26 May 2023 | 26
Big Tech mainstays named as targets of PwC tax law leak Consultancy's Australian arm is in deep trouble after offering advice on how to avoid rules its people helped write Legal15 May 2023 | 3
India smacked for illegal tech import tariffs that hurt buyers and exporters everywhere Is this the way to take China’s title as top tech manufacturer? Maybe yes, maybe no Legal19 Apr 2023 | 2
US changes rules on tax credits for electric cars to cover American-made only Everyone else, tough luck Personal Tech17 Apr 2023 | 22
Cisco Moscow trashed offices as it quit Putin's putrid pariah state Even destroyed spare parts, then may have rubbed salt into the wound by filing for tax write-offs Networks06 Apr 2023 | 97
April brings tulips, taxes ... and phisherfolk scammers Tactical#Octopus: Don't let users click on that zip file Research03 Apr 2023 | 6
Aussie tech worker payroll scheme operators found guilty of tax fraud Contractors left hanging while principals splurged on luxury goods Cyber-crime08 Mar 2023 | 19
India sidelines Big Tech in push for farming cloud, goes open source instead Also cuts import duties to attract EV-battery makers and keep smartphone factories humming Software02 Feb 2023 | 1
UK arrests five for selling 'dodgy' point of sale software Turns a $100 bottle of wine into a $4 soft drink to avoid tax, earning probe by major governments Cyber-crime12 Dec 2022 | 73
Too bad, contractors: UK government reverses decision to axe IR35 tax reform Latest U-turn follows a series of clown-car maneuvers that spooked financial markets Legal17 Oct 2022 | 191
Cisco asks shareholders to vote against global tax transparency Amazon's already said no to country-by-country breakdown Networks27 Sep 2022 | 7
Good news for UK tech contractors as govt repeals IR35 tax rules Controversial reforms ditched but expert notes HMRC thinks 90% don't comply Legal23 Sep 2022 | 83
Philippines decides outsourcers need incentives to stick around, after all Just three months ago senior bureaucrat said 'Tax perks are not that important to investors.' Contortions now in place to keep cash flowing Channel19 Sep 2022 | 4
UK govt says contractors should challenge IR35 status via self-assessment What could possibly go wrong? On-Prem02 Sep 2022 | 38
AI detects 20,000 hidden taxable swimming pools in France, netting €10m Aerial photo scanning tool to be expanded to catch out other unreported home improvements AI + ML30 Aug 2022 | 124
FTC presses ahead in its war on 'free' Turbo Tax Updated US watchdog snubs Intuit's request to drop claims of bait-and-switch tactics Personal Tech23 Aug 2022 | 15
Indian tax authorities raid offices of Chinese smartphone maker Vivo Why does a smartphone maker have 2kg of gold bars in the office? India reckons it smells tax fraud Legal08 Jul 2022 | 18
Intuit pulls QuickBooks from India, uncomfortably quickly Walks away from enormous but parochial market, while leaving global development teams in place Applications01 Jul 2022 | 4
Giant outsourcer keeps work from home, loses tax breaks. Government says 'good riddance' Philippines says subsidies inflate profits, not local economy Off-Prem14 Jun 2022 | 17
Infosys celebrates first birthday of glitchy Indian tax portal by fixing another bug Search fail added to list of embarrassing issues since debut Software09 Jun 2022 | 4
Infosys skips government meeting – and collecting government taxes You call this a glitch? Software18 May 2022 | 7
Legacy IT to blame for UK's inflexible benefits system Government department struggles with 30-year-old applications On-Prem06 May 2022 | 82
TurboTax to pay $141m to settle claims it scammed millions of people Might be a $30 check for you if you were screwed over by 'free, free, free' ads Applications04 May 2022 | 26
India seizes $725 million of Xiaomi's cash Chinese giant really got something in return for those cross-border payments, say money laundering cops Legal03 May 2022 | 17
Infosys quits Russia, ending UK political and tax scandal … maybe Founder's daughter is married to top UK politician, holds billion dollar stake that was maxed for tax efficiency Legal14 Apr 2022 | 55
China tells big tech to reveal some customers' income Livestreamed infomercials are huge, but some creators aren't paying tax Legal31 Mar 2022 | 13
Asus GPU prices to tumble by up to 25% as US lifts tariffs Other manufacturers may follow after import duties passed onto gamers, enthusiasts Personal Tech29 Mar 2022 | 5
FTC sues Intuit for false advertising, says 'free' TurboTax isn't always free Folks fill out online forms only to be told to upgrade to paid versions Personal Tech29 Mar 2022 | 45
UK Budget: Cloud tax relief, compute study in historic cost of living crisis SMEs' software spending subsidy continues Off-Prem25 Mar 2022 | 8
Russia acknowledges sanctions could hurt its tech companies Cuts taxes, offers subsidies, defers military service for developers – and preps for internet isolation Off-Prem07 Mar 2022 | 57
IRS doesn't completely scrap facial recognition, just makes it optional But hey, new rules on deleting your selfies AI + ML23 Feb 2022 | 17
India to adopt digital rupee and slap a 30 per cent tax on cryptocurrency income Designates data centres as infrastructure to attract more outside investment Personal Tech02 Feb 2022 | 23
Pakistan considers ten-year tax holiday for freelance techies Could clean up dispute over who collects tax and when, but unlikely to worry outsourcing rivals Channel25 Jan 2022 | 11
Questions over timetable slippage in UK taxman's £7bn 'cliff edge' IT procurement Watchdog says tenders to be published by September – but HMRC procurement show that's not going to plan On-Prem07 Dec 2021 | 2
India backs away from digital services tax after US pressure Will keep taxing, but consider payments as credits for future global tax regime Legal26 Nov 2021 | 13
Nearly 140 nations – from US and UK to EU, China and India – back 15% minimum corporate tax rate Let's see how the world's largest companies wriggle out of this one Legal08 Oct 2021 | 84
Ireland signs up for plan to make Big Tech pay 15 per cent tax everywhere OECD close to finalising implementation plan hoped to secure a share of revenue from digital multinationals Legal08 Oct 2021 | 26
Don't forget to leave a rating: Amazon chairman meeting with UK prime minister to talk taxes 4 stars - did not warn us about 'digitalisation of the economy'* Off-Prem20 Sep 2021 | 50
Another UK government limb that can't get IR35 right: Court service pays taxman £12.5m Updated HMRC's 'fundamentally flawed' Check Employment Status Tool strikes again Legal23 Aug 2021 | 35
GSMA and Euro-telcos argue for exemptions from big tech tax crackdown laws Claim members already pay plenty, and might build fewer networks if asked to pay more Legal18 Aug 2021 | 17
Taxpayers foot the bill: HMRC signs up Cognizant for £150m low-code, automation project Brit tax collection agency's IT estate contains 'significant risk' Software13 Aug 2021 | 2
G20 finance ministers agree plan to make multinationals pay their 'fair share' of tax Tax-efficient tech giants in firing line Legal12 Jul 2021 | 82
Ex-IBM whistleblower's suit back in court, 8 years after he alleged irregularities in $265m IRS software deal Judges revive some of the claims Legal08 Jul 2021 | 4
Tax check tool CEST is the pits, say UK contractor consultancies as latest HMRC usage stats are published IR35 status of 1 in 5 cases still undetermined by 'fundamentally flawed' app Legal25 Jun 2021 | 11
UK.gov's new single enforcement body does not cover rogue umbrella companies, contractor campaigners complain Why does it always... That's why. That's why it's raining on you Legal10 Jun 2021 | 14
G7 nations aim for global 15 per cent tax on big tech and bin digital services taxes Facebook’s Libra project kicked to the kerb until international rules on stablecoins are set Legal06 Jun 2021 | 38
Microsoft Irish subsidiary makes $314.73bn profit Updated Forget Seattle, Microsoft 'Round Island One' lives in Bermuda Software03 Jun 2021 | 32
It's the UK contractor tax factor: IR35 outsiders gaining leverage in skills market, survey finds New tax rules see a hike in use of umbrella companies - another can of worms Channel02 Jun 2021 | 18
Campaigns propose new rules to protect contractors from rogue umbrella companies Updated Sharp practices can leave temp tech workers with nowhere to turn Legal17 May 2021 | 17
Jeff Bezos supports US tax rise after not paying it for two years – and paying tiny amount in 2019 Expresses fondness for Biden administration infrastructure plan that would help parcels be delivered faster and boost broadband speeds Legal07 Apr 2021 | 51
Big tech suggests Vietnam rewrite its digital tax plans Nice economy you’ve got there. It’d be a shame if growth slowed Legal30 Mar 2021 | 8
Legacy IT kit is behind 80% of UK taxman's pandemic costs, says spending watchdog HMRC spent £53.2m maintaining creaky tech estate – report Systems22 Jan 2021 | 28
CEST la vie: HMRC admits controversial IR35 status checker returns undecided verdict in nearly 20% of cases What a useless tool, say folk in freelance community, with months to go before tax reforms introduced to private sector Legal11 Dec 2020 | 34
Tax working from home, says Deutsche Bank, because the economy needs that lunch money you’re not spending Taxes change all the time, but shifts in behaviour are usually slower than the rush to WfH Legal13 Nov 2020 | 148
UK tax dept's IT savings created 'significant risk', technical debt as it faces difficult conversation with Chancellor Pry open that weird little red suitcase and give us a few quid, would you? On-Prem10 Nov 2020 | 67
San Francisco approves 'CEO tax', hopes to extract up to $140m a year from corps with wide exec-staff salary gap Plus or minus a load of caveats Science06 Nov 2020 | 43
Amazon gets its tax excuses in early amid rising UK profits – but leaves El Reg off the press list. Can't think why A charm offensive, or just plain offensive? SaaS18 Sep 2020 | 43
India rolls out AI and e-government to increase taxpayer numbers beyond current miserable 15 million ‘Honoring the honest’ is the catchphrase for massive new online scheme AI + ML14 Aug 2020 | 1
eBay won't pass UK Digital Service Tax costs on to third-party sellers – unlike Amazon, which simply can't afford it Stop sniggering, don't forget those 'indirect taxes' Amazon says it pays Legal13 Aug 2020 | 44
€13bn wings its way back to Apple after Euro court rules Irish tax deal wasn't 'state aid' Vestager vexed On-Prem15 Jul 2020 | 60
Big Tech on the hook for billions in back taxes after US Supreme Court rejects Altera stock options case hearing Stop! In the name of tax! Before you break my bank! Science22 Jun 2020 | 93
UK MPs to off-payroll workers: Delay IR35 reforms until 2023? You wish And we will change your tax forever, no need to delay ya... nothing's gonna stop us now Legal20 May 2020 | 53