The European Commission’s new Directive on corporate insolvency reform is a welcome step towards improving business rescue procedures across Europe, says insolvency and restructuring trade body R3. R3 adds that the UK’s world-class insolvency and restructuring regime already meets many of the standards in the new Directive, while the government is currently carrying out its own…
Read moreNew proposals made by HMRC risk innocent businesses that unknowingly get caught up in VAT frauds being heavily fined, says UHY Hacker Young. HMRC plans to fine businesses up to 30% of the VAT due, and to ‘name and shame’ them for trading with companies that commit VAT fraud, even if they were unaware of…
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