ACCA against income tax/NI merger if used as a revenue-raiser
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ACCA against income tax/NI merger if used as a revenue-raiser

9y Kevin Reed , Writer

ACCA against income tax/NI merger if used as a rev...

Income tax/NI merger would fail to receive ACCA's support if used by government to raise revenues Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: HMRC's filing and 'customer' service issues
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Friday Afternoon Live: HMRC's filing and 'customer' service issues

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: HMRC's filing and 'customer...

Accountancy Age deputy editor Richard Crump looks at the issues affecting the profession this week Read More...

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HMRC to appeal £1bn Littlewoods VAT repayment ruling
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HMRC to appeal £1bn Littlewoods VAT repayment ruling

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC to appeal £1bn Littlewoods VAT repayment ruli...

HMRC seeks to take £1bn Littlewoods VAT ruling to Supreme Court Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Baker Tilly rebrands as RSM
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Friday Afternoon Live: Baker Tilly rebrands as RSM

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Baker Tilly rebrands as RSM

Accountancy Age deputy editor Richard Crump discusses Baker Tilly rebranding as RSM; whether HMRC should be reviewed and ramifications of HSBC conside...

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HMRC hamstrung by resource cuts, say Accountancy Age readers
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HMRC hamstrung by resource cuts, say Accountancy Age readers

9y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC hamstrung by resource cuts, say Accountancy A...

Poll of Accountancy Age readers finds majority feel resource cuts have hamstrung HMRC’s ability to deliver an adequate service Read More...

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HMRC to hire consultants to advise on 400 new post-Aspire outsourcing contracts
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HMRC to hire consultants to advise on 400 new post-Aspire outsourcing contr...

9y Accountancy Age

HMRC to hire consultants to advise on 400 new post...

£20m tender issued for consultants to help HMRC find 400 partners to help in shift from Aspire Read More...

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Ten years of HMRC has been a qualified success
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Ten years of HMRC has been a qualified success

9y Accountancy Age

Ten years of HMRC has been a qualified success

Since HMRC was created by 'mating the C&E terrier with the IR retriever', the taxman continues to be dogged by divided opinion Read More...

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HMRC halves use of external debt collectors
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HMRC halves use of external debt collectors

9y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC halves use of external debt collectors

Public concerns about debt collectors appear to have led to HMRC curtailing their use Read More...

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Analysis: PAC reignites tax 'code of conduct' debate
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Analysis: PAC reignites tax 'code of conduct' debate

9y Andrew Goodall

Analysis: PAC reignites tax 'code of conduct' deba...

Andrew Goodall examines the Public Accounts Committee’s call for HMRC to introduce a new code of conduct for tax advisers Read More...

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Taxman's ‘affluent unit' nets more tax
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Taxman's ‘affluent unit' nets more tax

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Taxman's ‘affluent unit' nets more tax

The taxman's ‘affluent unit' has collected £137.2m in extra tax from its probes in 2013/14, up from £85.7m the previous year Read More...

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HMRC probes grab £3.9bn extra VAT from SMEs
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HMRC probes grab £3.9bn extra VAT from SMEs

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

HMRC probes grab £3.9bn extra VAT from SMEs

Level of additional VAT from probes into small businesses by HMRC's local offices has now almost doubled in three years Read More...

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Colin: Tax powers could be a right old dog fight
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Colin: Tax powers could be a right old dog fight

9y Taking Stock

Colin: Tax powers could be a right old dog fight

Colin imagines how Scotland's new tax powers could play out Read More...

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Backlog of tax disputes reaches record high
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Backlog of tax disputes reaches record high

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Backlog of tax disputes reaches record high

Backlog of tax disputes waiting to be heard rises to a new record high of 27,246, Pinsent Masons says Read More...

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Claims consultant banned for compensating himself ahead of HMRC
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Claims consultant banned for compensating himself ahead of HMRC

9y Richard Crump , Writer

Claims consultant banned for compensating himself ...

Claims consultant Richard Render disqualified as a company director for six years for failing to pay tax but paying himself instead Read More...

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HMRC's draconian DRD plans diluted after wave of opposition
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HMRC's draconian DRD plans diluted after wave of opposition

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

HMRC's draconian DRD plans diluted after wave of o...

Treasury's DRD plans now come with safeguards to prevent state abuse - such as taxpayers having the right of appeal at court before funds removed Read...

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London property amasses 90% of HMRCs high-end tax bonanza
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London property amasses 90% of HMRCs high-end tax bonanza

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

London property amasses 90% of HMRCs high-end tax ...

The latest figures show the taxman raised £100m through the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) in 2013-14, with the capital contributing £89m. R...

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Taxman probes two thirds of Britain's biggest companies
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Taxman probes two thirds of Britain's biggest companies

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Taxman probes two thirds of Britain's biggest comp...

Jennie Granger, the taxman's director general of enforcement and compliance, told an HMRC stakeholder conference that the majority of the probes cover...

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Benefits of devolved tax must outweigh costs, says ICAS
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Benefits of devolved tax must outweigh costs, says ICAS

10y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Benefits of devolved tax must outweigh costs, says...

In its submission to the Smith Commission - currently thrashing out which powers should be devolved following September's highly charged devolution vo...

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Montpelier CEO cleared of tax dodging after 'humiliating' HMRC climb down
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Montpelier CEO cleared of tax dodging after 'humiliating' HMRC climb down

10y Laura Miller

Montpelier CEO cleared of tax dodging after 'humil...

Watkin Gittins cleared of cheating the public revenue of £1m, as the long-running tax saga ends in ignominy for the CPS and HMRC Read More...

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CIoT welcomes Scot's tax law despite missing adviser details
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CIoT welcomes Scot's tax law despite missing adviser details

10y Richard Crump , Writer

CIoT welcomes Scot's tax law despite missing advis...

Passing of Scottish devolution Bill has permanently changed Scotland's tax landscape, tax institute says Read More...

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Sleepless nights as HMRC's tax evasion property raids jump 12%
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Sleepless nights as HMRC's tax evasion property raids jump 12%

10y Laura Miller

Sleepless nights as HMRC's tax evasion property ra...

Tax authority targets 1,165 prosecutions for tax evasion in 2014/15 Read More...

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HMRC pay up first powers could trigger 'wave of insolvencies'
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HMRC pay up first powers could trigger 'wave of insolvencies'

10y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC pay up first powers could trigger 'wave of in...

HMRC's ‘Accelerated Payment' rules due to come into force in July could trigger bankruptcies or insolvencies, Moore Stephens warns Read More...

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Fallout from Icebreaker...commercial censorship?
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Fallout from Icebreaker...commercial censorship?

10y Accountancy Age

Fallout from Icebreaker...commercial censorship?

Where is the line drawn on breach of contract with regards to Deloitte and client Icebreaker Management Limited? Jeremy Lederman gives his views Read ...

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ICAS: ‘Shouty’ tax debate obscures future Scottish plans
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ICAS: ‘Shouty’ tax debate obscures future Scottish plans

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

ICAS: ‘Shouty’ tax debate obscures future Scottish...

Tax debate has meant Scotland's voters have little knowledge of key facts, warns ICAS Read More...

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ICAEW: HMRC could supersede insolvency law with new powers
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ICAEW: HMRC could supersede insolvency law with new powers

10y Rachael Singh

ICAEW: HMRC could supersede insolvency law with ne...

ICAEW Tax Faculty warns that HMRC could effectively make themselves a preferential creditor Read More...

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HMRC new account raiding powers are “draconian”
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HMRC new account raiding powers are “draconian”

10y Rachael Singh

HMRC new account raiding powers are “draconian”

HMRC new account seizing powers could be bad news because the taxman is prone to mistakes says ACCA Read More...

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Leader: RTI's burden hangs over SMEs and advisers
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Leader: RTI's burden hangs over SMEs and advisers

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

Leader: RTI's burden hangs over SMEs and advisers

Cutting red tape and introducing RTI are policies that just don't fit together, says Kevin Reed Read More...

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