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
Tax
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
NARROWER TOPICS
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
Biting the hand that feeds IT
