While some resistance to change is to be expected, the degree of controversy surrounding HMRC's Making Tax Digital proposals has surprised the governm...
View articleHMRC is now targeting over 1000 different types of tax planning schemes for the issuing of Accelerated Payment Notices (APN’s). HMRC has recently adde...
View articleAndrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury Committee, has written to chancellor Philip Hammond to urge caution over the implementation of HMRC’s Making Ta...
View articleAccountancy Age looks at the key considerations about how HMRC should be resourced and how the taxman should be reorganised Read More...
View articleMicro employers are finding payroll reporting Real Time Information (RTI) challenging, a study by HMRC has found Read More...
View articleHMRC has decided not to renew its contract with Concentrix, the US tax credits company employed by the government to cut tax credit fraud and overpaym...
View articleA senior MP has questioned the impact of HMRC’s decision to undertake yet another radical overhaul of its internal structure Read More...
View articleThe number of businesses whose assets were seized by HMRC in order to settle outstanding debts grew sharply in the last year; up 145%, from 649 in 201...
View articleHMRC has announced plans to shake up its organisational structure as part of transformation plans to become a more digitally-focused tax authority Rea...
View articleHMRC’s digital tax plans have been delayed until 2019 so that large businesses have enough time to adjust, it was announced at the taxman’s annual con...
View articleA new online disclosure facility has launched today giving offshore evaders a last chance to settle tax on their wealth hidden offshore ahead of new d...
View articleHMRC has collected £3bn by forcing those under investigation for tax avoidance to pay up disputed tax immediately Read More...
View articleThe former owners of a Maidenhead motor dealership who illegally claimed an £86,000 VAT repayment have been sentenced Read More...
View articleColin imagines how Apple's logo might change in the wake of the EC's ruling over its Irish tax arrangements Read More...
View articleApple has been ordered to pay a record €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes after the European Commission ruled the Silicon Valley tech giant’s Irish tax schem...
View articleHMRC has launched three consultations on proposals to clamp down on the black economy Read More...
View articleCompanies reported increased levels of scrutiny over their tax planning strategies last year as fewer FDs understand what HMRC considers as tax avoida...
View articleTax evaders are set to face tough new sanctions under plans detailed by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) today Read More...
View articleHMRC has outlined a change in VAT policy to the treatment of dwellings that have been formed from either the construction of new buildings, or from th...
View articleI will feel slightly awkward when I write to the client who is about to receive a large invoice from the PAYE expert, offering him the fee protection ...
View articlePlans to fine accountants, tax planners and advisers who design, market or facilitate the use of tax avoidance arrangements go ‘too far’ and risk capt...
View articleAccountants and advisers who offer aggressive tax avoidance schemes are to face tougher sanctions under a new penalty regime to be announced by HM Tre...
View articleThe timetable for implementing HMRC’s ambitious digital tax strategy is “worryingly short” and should be delayed by at least one year, advisers have w...
View articleHMRC publishes six consultations detailing its digital tax strategy Read More...
View articleHMRC has launched a consultation on proposals to make changes to stamp duty land tax filing and payments processes Read More...
View articleHMRC is consulting on proposals to clarify the tax treatments of general and limited partnerships Read More...
View articleSooraj Shah questions what a change in leadership will mean for the disentanglement of the Aspire contract and for HMRC’s digital strategy Read More...
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