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HM Revenue and Customs

HMRC evasion hotline receives “300 calls a day”

HMRC's tax evasion hotline received around 72,000 calls in the last year

18 Jun 2013

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Don't COP out of guiding clients through tax mire

Anita Brook of Accounts Assist gives a hands-on guide to Code of Practice 9

17 Jun 2013

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Colin: Don't panic! (about avoidance)

Colin succinctly rounds up the latest court ruling on tax avoidance and advisers' responsiblities

14 Jun 2013

GAAR panel chair should be allowed to choose own people

Stakeholders should refrain from trying to influence the composition of the GAAR advisory panel

13 Jun 2013

PAC member Mitchell to assemble group to apply for GAAR panel posts

Labour MP and PAC member Austin Mitchell recommends his own candidates for inclusion on the GAAR panel

13 Jun 2013

RTI exemptions extended into 2014

Relaxations to real-time PAYE reporting are to run until April 2014

12 Jun 2013

HMRC closes down employee benefit trust scheme

A tax avoidance scheme involving employee benefits trusts has been shut down by HMRC

12 Jun 2013

Cameron summons tax havens to Westminster

Senior ministers from ten Crown dependencies are summoned to Westminster in order to discuss a tax disclosure deal

05 Jun 2013

PCS members strike over HMRC contact centre closures

PCS members stage demonstrations over pay, jobs, conditions and the closure of 281 HMRC contact centres

04 Jun 2013

HMRC launches bid to close offshore NIC tax gap

HMRC steps up efforts to close offshore intermediaries tax loophole

31 May 2013

Institutes and PCS warn against HMRC contact centre closures

HMRC plans to shut down its 281 enquiry centres have been met with concern by institutes and the PCS

29 May 2013

HMRC to tackle LLP disguised employment

Partners could end up paying higher tax and national insurance contributions as a result of government proposals

23 May 2013

New CIoT president Coleclough criticises government over EU

Stephen Coleclough replaces Patrick Stevens as CIoT president, and urges government to end its "slapdash approach" to Europe

15 May 2013

Naming tax avoidance scheme promoters risky, warn tax heads

Naming and shaming tax avoidance promoters may simply advertise their services, institute tax heads warn lords

15 May 2013

Osborne calls on EU ministers to sign information-sharing deal

The chancellor calls on fellow European finance ministers to rubber-stamp an automatic tax information-sharing directive

14 May 2013

£150,000 tax fraud accountant faces jail

Chartered accountant faces jail term over £153,000 tax fraud

13 May 2013

Colin: Scotland's bid for (tax) freedom

Colin considers the potential effects of fiscal independence on Scottish culture

10 May 2013

The Practitioner: RTI is a real-time irritation for client billing

Getting clients to pay for PAYE is a pain in the proverbial, suggests The Practitioner

09 May 2013

HMRC RTI software fails to file submissions

HMRC's payroll software for businesses with nine or fewer employees unable to file information in real-time due to IT issues

09 May 2013

Scotland’s William Wallace moment - a brave move over tax?

Devolution of the tax system will mark a huge step towards independence for Scotland, but the complexity will be horrendous, writes Straughans' Mike Fleming

08 May 2013

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Leader: Will younger generation push for a UK institute?

Will British institutes learn from a New Zealand/Australia merger - or have the Trans/Tasmans already learned from them?

Jo Swinson: More needed but insolvency reform step in the right direction

Consumer affairs minister Jo Swinson writes for Accountancy Age on the incoming reforms to insolvency practitioners’ regulation.

FRC is sounding like a modern day Cassandra

Concerns raised in the FRC's latest round of audit inspections sound strikingly familar. Why has the profession failed to address them?

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Don't COP out of guiding clients through tax mire

Anita Brook of Accounts Assist gives a hands-on guide to Code of Practice 9

Taking Stock: Accountancy and the sheriff of Cumbria

TS loves it when two worlds collide

Colin: Hey diddle (tax) diddle

Colin offers his assessment of the pressure on 'tax havens'

Colin: Don't panic! (about avoidance)

Colin succinctly rounds up the latest court ruling on tax avoidance and advisers' responsiblities

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