Brekkie TV host Lorraine Kelly wins IR35 ruling against HMRC, adds fuel to freelance techies' ire over tax reforms
Pint-sized Scottish squawker wins tribunal appeal over £1.2m tax bill
Legal21 Mar 2019 | 102
Tax
Amazon triples profit to $11.2bn, pays ZERO DOLLARS in corp tax – instead we pay it $129m
Yet it's still whining that New York City didn't offer enough for HQ2
SaaS15 Feb 2019 | 83
Apple solemnly agrees to pay France $570m in back taxes, turns to camera, gives us a wink
Think we may just get away with this one, eh mes amies?
On-Prem05 Feb 2019 | 36
The lighter side of HMRC: We want your money, but we also want to make you laugh
Junior staffers, cold fingers get blamed for missed payments in taxman's annual attempt at humour
Bootnotes21 Jan 2019 | 94
Amazon exec tells UK peers: No, we don't want to be dominant. Also, we don't fancy being taxed on revenues
Of course! It's the public's fault it doesn't look like Amazon coughs up enough – we need to better understand corporation tax
Legal09 Jan 2019 | 66
Peers to HMRC: Digital tax reforms 3 days after Brexit? Hold your horses, how 'bout 3 years...
Updated Sweeping changes to VAT will hit small biz, says committee
On-Prem22 Nov 2018 | 79
NARROWER TOPICS
UK.gov fishes for likes as it prepares to go solo on digital sales tax
Critics warn it's complex and off-putting for international firms
Legal12 Nov 2018 | 52
European Union divided over tax on digital tech giants as some member states refuse free money
Google: Hey, it'd mean more if there was global agreement
Legal07 Nov 2018 | 90
Budget 2018: UK goes it alone on digital sales tax for tech giants
Chancellor says not 'sustainable or fair' that digital shops aren't paying a fair share
Legal29 Oct 2018 | 122
Brit smart meter biz blamed Apple's iPhone 7 launch for its late taxes
And you know what? The judge agreed with them
Legal22 Oct 2018 | 25
HMRC: Aria PC's £2m MSN Messenger deals bonanza was VAT fraud
UK taxman urges tribunal to throw out reseller's appeal
Channel25 Jun 2018 | 9
Brit reseller Aria PC's appeal against HMRC VAT fraud finding gets under way
Firm disputes findings of taxman and First-Tier tribunal
On-Prem21 Jun 2018 | 10
That was quick: Seattle rushes to kill tax that would mildly inconvenience Amazon
Careful not to trip while backpedaling, Mayor Durkan
Legal12 Jun 2018 | 50
Amazon can't or won't collect sales tax in Australia
How much can a koala bear? Aussies forced to shop in inferior Amazon AU
On-Prem31 May 2018 | 68
HMRC opens consultation to crack down on off-payroll working in private sector
UK Gov reckons it could lose up to £1.2bn due to IR35 non-compliance
Legal18 May 2018 | 78
Brit IT contractor wins appeal against HMRC to pay £26k in back taxes
Universal credit consultant takes on taxman over IR35 law
Legal17 May 2018 | 50
Facebook stuck with IRS bill after court tosses $7 BEEELLION appeal
Not even Zuckerberg can escape the tax man
On-Prem15 May 2018 | 11
It's US Tax Day, so of course the IRS's servers have taken a swan dive
Updated 59% of our systems are obsolete, agency boss tells congressional hearing
Systems17 Apr 2018 | 36
Apple store besieged by protesters in Paris 'die-in' over tax avoidance
Furious Francs flay fruit-phone flinger for financial finagling in false fatality fracas
On-Prem10 Apr 2018 | 54
Donald Trump whines and dines Oracle co-CEO Catz – reports
AWS bashing and cloud contracts on the menu?
SaaS04 Apr 2018 | 26
Chin up, SMEs. You might get crumbs from Big Tech tax clampdown – UK MPs
Want more govt business, you say?* You're a riot, old chum
Legal28 Mar 2018 | 8
Europe plans special tax for Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon
French minister says around two per cent of turnover sounds about right
Legal05 Mar 2018 | 123
Salesforce cracked $10bn in sales for FY'18, but growth slowed
CFO's biggest hassle is keeping up with sales commissions now that it's back in black
On-Prem01 Mar 2018 |
Fun fact: US Customs slaps eyeglass taxes on optical networking gear
Officials are overcharging us, complains comms slinger as it heads into court to scrap fees
Networks22 Feb 2018 | 40
Microsoft Australia changes App Store T&Cs to pay GST
When Australians buy apps on the Store, punters' sales taxes will come on shore
Legal21 Feb 2018 | 4
And lo! Crypto-coins came unto the holy land. And the wise decreed they must all be taxed
Israel decides Bitcoin and pals are property, not currency, and attract biblical levels of tax
Science20 Feb 2018 | 47
BBC presenter loses appeal, must pay £420k in IR35 crackdown
IT contractors warned to get house in order
Legal15 Feb 2018 | 125
AT&T's financial figures reveal 19 BEEELLLION reasons why it lobbied hard for US tax cuts
Telco gives 5% to staff, 5% for capex, windfall for shareholders
Networks01 Feb 2018 | 20
Eggheads: Cities, don't woo rich Amazon with sweetheart HQ deals
File under: 'Good luck with that'
On-Prem30 Jan 2018 | 42
Western Dig revenues take $0.82bn spanking from US tax shake-up
But now lots of lovely cash abroad can be used more easily
Storage26 Jan 2018 | 4
Tax Google and Facebook for a job subsidy scheme? Sigh
Comment If you want more public interest journalism, you need a Big Gov IT Project™
Legal22 Jan 2018 | 14
Squeezing more out of slippery big tech may even take tax reforms
Figures are growing but still puny compared to profits
On-Prem22 Jan 2018 | 13
Make Apple, er, America Great Again: iGiant to bring home profits, pay $38bn in repatriation tax
Triumphant Trump touts terrific tax tactic
Legal18 Jan 2018 | 84
UK taxman told to go easy on transformation with Brexit in headlights
Unwieldy projects AND leaving the EU? Don't make us laugh
Legal12 Jan 2018 | 25
Apple agrees to pay £136m in back idiot taxes to UK taxman
Details of HMRC deal remain behind closed doors
On-Prem10 Jan 2018 | 56
UK security chief: How 'bout a tax for tech firms that are 'uncooperative' on terror content?
Because the state has a great track record of recouping tax from internet giants
Legal02 Jan 2018 | 95
Republican tax bill ready to rescue hard-up tech giants, struggling rich
Procedural snafu delays vote until Wednesday – but here's basically what's in it
On-Prem20 Dec 2017 | 111
Italy leans on Amazon to retrieve €100m in unpaid tax
The MEF came, saw, and conquered Bezos' vaults of cash
On-Prem18 Dec 2017 | 14
Facebook announces ad revenue reroute: When Irish eyes are crying
Major tax overhaul to appease govs and regulators
Legal12 Dec 2017 | 22
Apple looks forward to wiping $47bn off its overseas profit tax bill – thanks to US shakeup
A percentage reduction AND no future tax on foreign profits? Too kind, Uncle Sam!
On-Prem06 Dec 2017 | 30
Escrow you, Apple! Ireland expects Cupertino to cough up to €13bn
Back tax drinking songs break out across Irish pubs
Legal04 Dec 2017 | 51
French activists storm Paris Apple Store over EU tax dispute
Liberté, égalité and a promise of fraternité with management inside a fortnight
On-Prem04 Dec 2017 | 88
Budget 2017: How to make a downbeat forecast sound better. Say 'tech' a lot?
Trebling comp sci teachers, digi tax evaders clampdown
Legal22 Nov 2017 | 25
Car tax evasion has soared since paper discs scrapped
A digital service that works for users, but not government
Legal17 Nov 2017 | 152
Paradise Papers reveal Apple moved bits of biz offshore
Cupertino denies avoidance
On-Prem07 Nov 2017 | 56
Boffins befuddled over EU probe into UK's tax rules for multinationals
Pure politics? It won't matter by March 2019
Legal30 Oct 2017 | 54
Watchdog slams HMRC, Amazon over 'dismal' response to UK biz hurt by online VAT fraud
Estimate of full impact 'out of date and flawed' says committee
Legal18 Oct 2017 | 37
Trump's tax tease will be a massive payday for Valley tech giants and their shareholders
Overseas cash piles get 'once-in-a-generation' break – again
On-Prem28 Sep 2017 | 34
Hi Facebook, Google, we think we might tax your ads instead – lots of love, Europe x
Or maybe hold money from online transactions. Either way, we're getting our damn cash
On-Prem21 Sep 2017 | 58
EU's tech giant tax plan moves forward
All options on the table, and Apple, Facebook, Google ain't gonna like any of 'em
Legal15 Sep 2017 | 67
Hi Amazon, Google, Apple we might tax you on revenue rather than profit – love, Europe
Ministers fed up with multinational tax avoidance
Legal11 Sep 2017 | 115
Corporate criminal tax offences likely to further increase HMRC's use of dawn raids, says expert
Good morning
Legal09 Aug 2017 | 31
Now here's a novel idea: Digitising Victorian-era stamp duty machines
UK Office of Tax Simplification wants to scrap 'anachronistic and cumbersome' process
Legal14 Jul 2017 | 49
NAO: Customs union IT system may not be ready before Brexit
System has capacity for 150 million declarations – just 105 million short...
Legal13 Jul 2017 | 82
Guess who doesn't have to pay $1.3bn in back taxes? Of course it's fscking Google
Dieu merci, nous n'avons pas mis en place un bureau à Paris, le grand fromage of ads sighed
Legal12 Jul 2017 | 66
NHS U-turns on blanket IR35 tax crackdown
Anything to do with mass contractor walkouts?
On-Prem31 May 2017 | 30
Uber found to be doing something awful? Yep, it's Tuesday
Dial-a-ride house admits underpaying New York drivers
On-Prem23 May 2017 | 16
Northrop Grumman can make a stealth bomber – but can't protect its workers' W-2 tax forms
'Stolen creds' used to swipe data on aerospace giant's staff
Security24 Apr 2017 | 13
Gov may need to splash £245m per year on IT contractors – NAO
Please come back freelancers, forget IR35: all is forgiven
Legal24 Mar 2017 | 27
Amazon dodges $1.5bn US tax bill: It's OK to run sales through Europe out of IRS reach – court
If only we could all open a Luxembourg office, eh?
On-Prem24 Mar 2017 | 22
New Zealand puts the bite on Apple over taxes
Australia, of all places, is a tax haven for Apple New Zealand
On-Prem21 Mar 2017 | 8
UK.gov gears up for IR35 private sector crackdown – say industry folk
You can run, but you can't hide
Legal16 Mar 2017 | 123
Biting the hand that feeds IT
