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Dave Hartnett

Type: Person

Name: Dave Hartnett

Title: Head of Revenue Policy - Board of Inland Revenue (IR) (United Kingdom)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Google Inc

MPs accuse Google of ‘devious’ tax behaviour

MPs accuse Google of ‘devious’ tax behaviourIts 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.Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, has previously tried to ... [Published Irish Examiner - May 17 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, Taxes, United Kingdom, Margaret Hodge, HM Revenue & Customs

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Google 'devious' over tax bill

Google has been branded devious, calculating and unethical as furious MPs step up pressure on the internet giant over its efforts to shelter its multi-billion profits from UK taxes.At a stormy session of the Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC), members ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 16 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, HM Revenue & Customs, Taxes, United Kingdom, Margaret Hodge

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Court rules: It's OK to let rich off tax

Campaigners lost their High Court challenge today over the legality of the sweetheart tax deal beween HM Revenue and Customs and banking giant Goldman Sachs. The 2010 deal, worth an estimated £20 million, was made to avoid "major embarrassment" to Chancellor ... [Published Morning Star Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: Dave Hartnett, Taxes, Legal Action

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 20 reports

Judge declares taxman's 'political deal' with Goldman Sachs legal

The "sweetheart" deal between HM Revenue and Customs and the investment bank Goldman Sachs was flawed, but not illegal, the High Court has ruled. Dave Hartnett, the former head of tax at HMRC, should not have taken into account "the potential embarrassment" ... [Published The Independent - May 16 2013]

Entities: HM Revenue & Customs, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Anna Walker, Jim Harra, Dave Hartnett

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Goldman Sachs tax deal: minister backed plan to challenge whistleblower

David Gauke reacted positively to plan to challenge Osita Mba's account of 'sweetheart' deal, according to leaked emails The minister in charge of tax expressed support for a strategy to undermine evidence from a whistleblower who uncovered the notorious ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 06 2013]

Entities: Dave Hartnett, David Gauke, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Whistle-Blower

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Unthinkable? Publish and be damned | Editorial

Major deals are being struck about which we know nothing. If they are such good value, why be so shy?The high court was told this week that it is extremely rare for the facts of any of the tax settlements between the revenue and large businesses to become ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 03 2013]

Entities: Dave Hartnett, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Margaret Hodge, Large Businesses

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Goldman Sachs Group Inc

HMRC struck Goldman Sachs ‘sweetheart’ deal to “save face”

A SWEETHEART' DEAL struck between HM Revenue & Customs and the investment bank Goldman Sachs was made to save chancellor George Osborne "major embarrassment", a court heard.A legal challenge brought by anti-austerity activists UK Uncut is contesting the ... [Published Accountancy Age - May 03 2013]

Entities: HM Revenue & Customs, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Dave Hartnett

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 18 reports

Goldman Sachs 'was let off £20m tax bill when it signed up to Government's flagship scheme to prevent embarrassing Osborne'

HMRC said to have stopped chasing tax owed by investment bankBill canceled after it signed up to Government's flagship tax agreementBy Peter Campbell GGoldman Sachs was let off a £20million tax bill to prevent embarrassing George Osborne, the High Court ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 02 2013]

Entities: Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Dave Hartnett, Taxes, George Osborne

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

£20m tax deal went ahead partly to avoid embarassing Osborne

The former tax chief Dave Hartnett has admitted that he waived up to £20m of tax owed by Goldman Sachs partly to avoid the firm pulling out of a new code of practice and embarrassing the Chancellor. ... [Published Channel 4 - May 02 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Dave Hartnett, Goldman Sachs Group Inc

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

HMRC got £4.5bn from four sweetheart deals

More social links Twitter Facebook Linkedin Google+The way HMRC negotiates tax deals with big businesses has come under renewed scrutiny after it was reported that the government was paid £4.5bn from just four "sweetheart" settlements.A leaked document ... [Published AccountingWEB UK - May 01 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Dave Hartnett, David Gauke, Margaret Hodge

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 6 reports

‘Sweetheart’ deals brought in £4.5bn for HMRC

SO-CALLED SWEETHEART' DEALS struck between HM Revenue & Customs and multinational companies were worth more than 1bn each, it has emerged. A haul of around 4.5bn was brought in through settlements reached with five companies after long-running tax disputes, ... [Published Accountancy Age - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: HM Revenue & Customs, Whistle-Blower, Dave Hartnett, Goldman Sachs Group Inc

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

From In The Back: Morse goaded

COVER BLOWN: Amyas Morse, whose snitching to top taxman Dave Hartnett breached the NAO’s own whistleblower policyIN CONNIVING with HM Revenue & Customs to cover up dodgy tax deals with multinationals like Vodafone and Goldman Sachs, National Audit Office ... [Published Private Eye - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Dave Hartnett, Whistle-Blower, HM Revenue & Customs, Sir John Bourn, Andrew Likierman

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MPs accuse Google of ‘devious’ tax behaviour [Published Irish Examiner - May 17 2013]
Court rules: It's OK to let rich off tax [Published Morning Star Online - May 17 2013]
Judge declares taxman's 'political deal' with G... [Published The Independent - May 16 2013]
UK judge: Goldman tax deal lawful, but ‘not glo... [Published Oman Observer - May 16 2013]
Court strikes down HMRC/Goldman Sachs ‘sweethea... [Published Accountancy Age - May 16 2013]
Google branded devious over tax arrangements [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 16 2013]
HMRC wins High Court case over $20m Goldman Sac... [Published International Adviser - May 16 2013]
Google 'devious' over tax bill [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 16 2013]
HMRC settlement with Goldman Sachs was lawful, ... [Published Out-Law.com - May 16 2013]
Defeat for UK Uncut as High Court rules Goldman... [Published The Independent - May 16 2013]
HMRC tax deal ruled 'not unlawful' [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 16 2013]
Judge says HMRC's Goldman Sachs deal lawful [Published Accountancy Live - May 16 2013]
HMRC tax deal ruled 'not unlawful' [Published Morley Observer & Advertiser - May 16 2013]
Goldman Sachs' HMRC tax deal legal, rules High ... [Published The Lawyer - May 16 2013]
High Court rules Goldman Sachs tax deal lawful [Published Metro.co.uk - May 16 2013]
UK judge says Goldman tax deal lawful, but "not... [Published 4 Traders - May 16 2013]
UPDATE 2-UK judge says Goldman tax deal lawful,... [Published London South East - May 16 2013]
HMRC wins Goldman Sachs tax case [Published Investment Week - May 16 2013]
UK Uncut loses legal challenge over Goldman Sac... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 16 2013]
Goldman Sachs Tax Deal Didn’t Break U.K. Law, J... [Published Bloomberg - May 16 2013]
Campaigners lose challenge to 'sweetheart' tax ... [Published The Independent - May 16 2013]
UK activists lose legal challenge against Goldm... [Published London South East - May 16 2013]
UK activists lose legal challenge against Goldm... [Published Reuters - May 16 2013]
Ruling due on Sachs deal [Published Dorset Business - May 16 2013]
Goldman Sachs – the plot thickens! [Published RPC Internal Gateway - May 15 2013]
£20m tax dodge verdict due [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 15 2013]
Spanish court rules against extradition of alle... [Published International Adviser - May 08 2013]
Gauke favoured HMRC's rebuttal plans against so... [Published Accountancy Age - May 07 2013]
Goldman Sachs tax deal: minister backed plan to... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 06 2013]
Unthinkable? Publish and be damned \| Editorial [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 03 2013]

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HSBC Names Tax, Police and Anti-Terror Chiefs t... [Published Here is the city - Business News - Jan 30 2013] HSBC has named former U.K. tax chief Dave Hartnett to advise a new board committee created to tackle financial crime.... read more > ...