0141 332 0392

Paxton House, No 11 Woodside Crescent, Glasgow, G3 7UL

Search Archive


Tax evasion and the Criminal Finances Act

Source: HM Treasury | | 25/10/2018

The Criminal Finances Act provides law enforcement agencies with greater powers to recover the proceeds of crime, tackle money laundering, tax evasion and corruption, and terrorist financing. The Act, which came into force on 30 September 2017, introduced two new criminal offences for corporations: one applying to the evasion of UK taxes and one applying to the evasion of foreign taxes.

These offences relate to the evasion of UK and foreign taxes and hold corporations and partnerships criminally liable when they fail to prevent their employees, agents, or others who provide services on their behalf from criminally facilitating tax evasion.

Where UK tax evasion has been found to take place, the offence can be tried by the courts of the United Kingdom regardless of whether the company who performs the criminal act of facilitation has a business presence in the UK or overseas.

HMRC is responsible for investigating offences in relation to UK tax whilst the Serious Fraud Office is responsible for investigating offences in relation to foreign taxes.

 

Latest News

 

Newsletter

With our newsletter, you automatically receive our latest news per e-mail and get access to the archive including advanced search options!

» Sign up for the newsletter
» Login

McAllisters is a partnership trading from Paxton House, 11 Woodside Crescent, Glasgow providing accountancy and tax services and general business advice and is a member of ICAS (Registration No 0342) and an FCA exempt professional firm (No 301235). Its VAT number is 261 3019 94

McAllisters (Scotland) Ltd is a related business providing tax and business advisory services to McAllisters and its clients. McAllisters (Scotland) Ltd is registered in Scotland (Registration number SC146856). Its VAT number is 624 0564 62.

Copyright © McAllisters 2013 – 2024

 Cookie Policy   Privacy Policy   Terms Of Use   Standard Terms of Business