● Government to introduce new TAARs 

● Accountant jailed for fiddling VAT 

● Consultation: FRC publishes consultation proposals on the draft Auditor Regulatory Schemes 

● Fourth arrest in Olympus mega-fraud 

● Insolvency practitioners face reform of fee structure 

● Accountants beat banks as most trusted source of advice 

● Prince Charles wants accountants to recognize environmental and social factors 

● Consultation on the withdrawal of the VAT exemption for research 

● Streamlined Gift Aid for charity shops 

● Treasury waives VAT on Hillsborough single 

● IASB maps out future programme 

● Female board director numbers up 

● HMRC announces settlement scheme 

● VAT: taxation of telecommunications, broadcasting and electronic services 

● SI 2012/3111 - Tax Treatment of Financing Costs and Income (Correction of Mismatches: Partnerships and Pensions) Regulations 2012 

● FSA fines UBS £160m over LIBOR rate rigging scandal 

● Case Report: R (on the application of the Company of Proprietors of Whitchurch Bridge) v HM Treasury [2012] EWHC 3579 (Admin) 

● Deadline looms for Machine Games Duty registration 

● NAO slams HMRC for poor & expensive customer service 

● Statutory Residence Test draft guidance published 

● Case Report: Saund [2012] TC 02400 

● Final HMRC warning to UK Swiss bank account holders 

● HMRC in Zen-like ad blitz 

● Summary of Responses: Proposed changes to VAT invoice rules 

● 24 carat criminal jailed for gold smuggling VAT scam 

● Big Four date for PAC grilling ‘not before March 2013’ 

● Last orders for pub empire boss in £1m tax debt rap 

● US still not ‘on board’ with IFRS 

● Draft legislation for Finance Bill 2013 

● 11 nation coalition receives EU Parliament's all clear for a financial transaction tax 

● Case Report: BW Male & Sons Ltd [2012] TC 02383 

● Case Report: Cornwallis Care Services Ltd [2012] TC 02388 

● Case Report: Franco Vago UK Ltd [2012] TC 02386 

● Case Report: Gardiner [2012] TC 02390 

● House of Lords issues report on EU banking union day before EU Summit 

● FRC tribunal for Farepak director 

● HSBC fined £1.2bn over drugs & al-Qaeda money laundering  

● X Factor charity single to avoid VAT charge 

● Guernsey’s zero-10 regime given EU’s final seal of approval  

● Draft Finance Bill 2013 published for consultation 

● Civil penalties of up to £50,000 for dishonest conduct by tax agents  

● Case Report: Smith [2012] TC 02380 

● EU pensions plans a recipe for job losses & economic damage - CBI  

● Case Report: R (on the application of TNT Post UK Ltd) v R & C Commrs [2012] EWHC 3380 (Admin) 

● Big Four set to be called up by PAC  

● Case Report: Reid v R & C Commrs [2012] UKUT 338 (TCC)  

● Fishy business lands £1m VAT fraudster in jail  

● Garlic smuggler sentenced to six years  

● CCH Tax News: Insight into the Autumn Statement 2012  

● EC gets tough on tax evasion and avoidance  

● HMRC Notice 700/09 Transfer of business as a going concern  

● Starbucks says it will pay £10m more UK tax  

● UK and Isle of Man to sign enhanced tax information exchange agreement  

● HMRC insider among 14 jailed for tax fraud  

● Accountancy AS 2012: HMRC to invest in fighting transfer pricing  

● Accountancy AS 2012: Government rules out plan B  

● Accountancy AS 2012: CT to go down to 21%  

● Accountancy AS 2012: AIA to go up to £250K  

● SEC charges auditors with SOX violations  

● Consultation: IASB publishes proposals for amendments to IAS 16 & IAS 38  

● Case Report: Total Technology (Engineering) Ltd v R & C Commrs [2012] UKUT 418 (TCC)  

● Case Report: TETS Haskovo AD v Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i upravlenie na izpalnenieto’ – Varna pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalnata agentsia za prihodite (Case C-234/11)  

● Case Report: Silber (personal representative of the estate of Lerner deceased) v FOD Financien [2012] TC 02369  

● Case Report: Secret Hotels2 Ltd (formerly Med Hotels Ltd) v R & C Commrs [2012] EWCA Civ 1571  

● Case Report: SC Gran Via Moineşti SRL v Agenţia Naţională de Administrare Fiscală (ANAF), Administraţia Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti Sector 1 (Case C-257/11)  

● Case Report: PDF Electrical Ltd [2012] TC 02375  

● Case Report: Mundays LLP v FOD Financien [2012] TC 02374  

● PAC says HMRC “too passive” with big companies  

● New way to get urgent authority to act for Child Benefit clients  

● New way to claim Gift Aid and Small Donations Scheme payments  

● HMRC uses credit file checks in hunt for tax evaders  

● HMRC to receive £77m in investment from Government to clampdown on tax dodgers  

● Stamp duty avoidance schemes double for £2m-plus homes  

● Case Report: Daimler AG; Widex A/S v Skatteverket   

● Case Report: Southwest Communications Group Ltd v FOD Financien  

● Case Report: Young (t/a The St Helens) 

● Government launches Balance of Competences Review on Taxation 

● European net closing on Google’s tax affairs 

● SI 2012/2951 - Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2012 

● UK’s FATCA-style approach gets tough on crown dependencies 

● Slow take-up by pubs of Machine Games Duty