‘Clear’ tax avoidance guidance for advisers issued by institutes
Updated guidance on the standards expected of tax advisers and agents have been published by leading UK accountancy and tax bodies
Tax bodies
HMRC and Concentrix discuss ‘early exit’ as NAO launches inquiry
Taxman lines up early exit from doomed Concentrix tax credits deal, as HMRC faces intense scrutiny from MPs
Making Tax Digital project must be reset, experts tell MPs
Making Tax Digital will impose significant additional tax compliance costs on small businesses for little or no medium term benefit, tax and small business experts told MPs
MTD – yes please, but with major caveats
The drive towards a fully digital tax regime is an admirable one, but mandation is simply wrong, according to one of the UK's most senior tax technology practitioners - Paul Aplin
HMRC records £143m Court of Appeal win against NT Advisors
HMRC has won its tenth successive case against tax avoidance schemes promoted by NT Advisors. The Court of Appeal has ruled that NT ... read more
HMRC ramps up number premises raids
HMRC is continuing to ramp up the number of raids on premises it carries out as part of criminal investigations, searching 761 properties in the last year
Five million already using PTAs, but is MTD too much for HMRC?
Five million taxpayers are ow using digital personal tax accounts (PTA) as part of the making tax digital strategy, HMRC said
Making tax digital needs a delay, agrees ATT
Since the release of HMRC’s plans for digital tax reforms, many have agreed with the call for a delay
Don’t let caution stall the digital tax revolution
While some resistance to change is to be expected, the degree of controversy surrounding HMRC's Making Tax Digital proposals has surprised the government
HMRC widens APN applications
HMRC is now targeting over 1000 different types of tax planning schemes for the issuing of Accelerated Payment Notices (APN’s). HMRC has recently ... read more
