Online marketplaces like Amazon and eBay are profiting from fraud by sellers who dodge the VAT they should charge on sales in the UK, a parliamentary report has said.

The UK's HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) believes it is poised to recover £110 million after winning a legal battle against a tax avoidance scheme promoter.

Newcastle United have lost a High Court challenge over the seizure of documents by tax officials investigating the financial affairs of several football clubs.

Newcastle United have lost a High Court challenge over the seizure of documents by tax officials investigating the financial affairs of several football clubs.

The head of a Traveller family in England who helped to run a modern day slavery ring has been jailed for 10 years and nine months.

Tesco has won a fight with tax officials relating to its Clubcard loyalty scheme.

No reasonable grounds exist for believing Newcastle United FC engaged in a suspected tax fraud, two High Court judges have been told.

A legal challenge has been launched by Newcastle United FC over documents seized from the club by officials conducting a tax probe.

An Anglo-French investigation into suspected tax fraud in football has seen several men arrested in dawn raids at Newcastle United, West Ham and France.

British PM David Cameron has come under intense pressure to crack down on offshore tax havens after a massive data leak exposed the scale of efforts by the rich and powerful to hide assets.

More than €730,000 worth of gold smuggled into Britain by criminals has been sold at a Belfast auction.

Britain’s biggest bank HSBC faced claims that it helped clients evade taxes after some of the contents of a huge trove of leaked account files about secret Swiss accounts were published.

Pop star Gary Barlow has finally broken his silence to “apologise” on Twitter following damaging tax-dodging allegations.

Former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Tebbit has said there "may well" have been a political cover-up over child abuse taking place at Westminster in the 1980s.

BBC broadcaster Gabby Logan has said she will repay any tax she owes after admitting investing in the scheme used by ‘Take That’ star Gary Barlow.

Take That star Gary Barlow is facing calls to hand back his OBE over claims he invested in a tax avoidance scheme.

Builder mourning his fish files late tax return

Its corporate motto may be “Don’t be evil” but Google was accused of being devious, calculating, and unethical as British MPs put pressure on its tax regime.

A fresh crackdown on offshore tax evasion has been launched after Britain’s HM Revenue and Customs said it had received data showing “extensive” use of schemes to hide assets.

Gaming company Sportech’s £80m (€94m) battle with the UK's taxman over a spot the ball competition looks set to drag into extra time after HM Revenue and Customs said it will appeal against a court defeat.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone has teamed up with defence firm BAE Systems to develop new technology to protect businesses against cyber attacks.

HM Revenue and Customs is to appeal against the outcome of a tribunal which saw the former Rangers Football Club win its tax case.

Two fuel laundering plants capable of producing 15 million litres of illegal diesel every year have been uncovered in Co Armagh.

Comedian Jimmy Carr will admit the row over his tax affairs was “entirely my fault” on his television show '8 Out Of 10 Cats'.

Comedian Jimmy Carr today said he had made a "terrible error of judgment" over his tax arrangements.

British Prime Minister David Cameron today branded comedian Jimmy Carr “morally wrong” for seeking to avoid taxes.

France

A journalist was arrested today as part of Scotland Yard’s inquiry into payments to public officials.

Rangers’ administrators have told fans they can be reassured that the Scottish champions will continue as a football club and the continuing function of the Ibrox club was their “first priority”.

Harry Redknapp yesterday welcomed the final whistle on his bung accusation “nightmare” after his acquittal for tax fraud cleared the way for him to land the top job in English football.

Harry Redknapp was cleared today of taking bungs in an offshore tax dodge.

Harry Redknapp was cleared today of taking bungs in an offshore tax dodge.

Harry Redknapp's excuses for his £180,000 (€216,016) offshore windfall are "contradictory, inconsistent and lack credibility", a court heard today.

Harry Redknapp threatened to “sue the bollocks” off a journalist as the football boss and his former employer gave conflicting excuses for an alleged offshore tax fiddle, a court heard yesterday.

Portsmouth have been issued with a winding-up petition by England's HM Revenue and Customs.

British house sales fell last year to one of the lowest totals recorded, figures from HM Revenue and Customs showed today.

BRITISH Business Secretary Vince Cable, who has called for tough action against tax dodgers, has been fined for failing to pay his own tax bill.

Five arrests were made today in a major cross-border, multi-agency fuel fraud operation.

MPs in Britain today called for a major overhaul of the way English football is run to ensure the game's long-term future in the face of rising levels of debt and financial instability.

The UK's customs and tax department has admitted to running out of paper.