Submitted by Colin on 30 August 2016 - 3:22pm
They say that August is a dead month for news. Still, a few commercial and private client lawyers might have choked on their Bouillabaisse upon hearing of HMRC's announced consultation on a proposal for sanctions against those who "design, market or facilitate the use of tax avoidance arrangements which are defeated by HMRC".
In the Today Programme after the announcement, the focus was on financial advisers and on accountants as the lined up target "middlemen".
