International law firm, Pinsent Masons, has reported that this is a 9% increase in fines when compared to previous year Read More...
View articleRichard Asquith, VP of global indirect tax at Avalara, considers the monumental pressure HMRC faces in the face of the likes of MTD and Brexit Read Mo...
View articleAccording to AAT, around 500,000 businesses are now eligible to join HMRC’s live pilot for MTD for VAT Read More...
View articleUK tech companies are the latest focus for HMRC as they look to increase the revenue made from the growing industry, Moore Stephens has stated Read Mo...
View articleThere has been a percentage increase in the number of claims made by companies, but more needs to be done Read More...
View articleUHY Hacker Young says that HMRC is treating inheritance tax as a 'lucrative source of income' Read More...
View articleHMRC looking to expand further on the 13% increase from civil investigations Read More...
View articleHMRC explains that companies can avoid VAT penalties in future “by not becoming involved in any transactions connected with VAT fraud’’ Read More...
View articleHMRC is leveraging sophisticated algorithms and big data sources to gather evidence with greater ease and efficiency than property raids Read More...
View articleResearch commissioned by HMRC showed that over half of small businesses find HMRC investigations too intensive and disruptive Read More...
View articleThe 5 member countries will collaborate to tackle international tax crime, money laundering and threats posed by cryptocurrencies and cybercrime Read ...
View articleAfter causing a stir by estimating the Brexiteer-favoured "max-fac" customs arrangement could cost upto £20bn, HMRC chief Jon Thompson returned to the...
View articleHMRC has been carrying out an email campaign to encourage more tax agents to sign up to the Agent Forum and engage with the conversations online. What...
View articleThis comes months after the PAC expressed concern over the tax authority’s “risky” decision to pursue 15 major transformation programmes and over 260 ...
View articleThe return on investment per pound spent by HMRC on large business investigations has increased by 17% in the year ending 31 March, according to law f...
View articleHMRC has announced an agreement to tackle VAT fraud on online marketplace platforms, committing online marketplace signatories to a number of measures...
View articleAfter a French probe into Lycamobile uncovered money laundering and tax fraud, HMRC refused to raid the company, citing its political donations Read M...
View articleThe revenue authority’s inheritance tax take has increased by 13% compared to the £4.7bn collected in 2016-17 Read More...
View articleAnyone who is self-employed can now enter the Making Tax Digital Income Tax pilot Read More...
View articleAs the first IR35 victory for the Revenue in nine years, the case against Christa Ackroyd will likely have implications for similar cases as well as f...
View articleVAT receipts now make up 21% (£124bn) of HMRC’s tax take, up from 16% during the recession, but this can cause cash flow problems for small businesses...
View articleThompson is leading the transformation of HMRC, including Making Tax Digital Read More...
View articleHarra takes over from Edward Troup and prepares to use his wealth of HMRC experience to influence key changes this year Read More...
View articleIn 2016-17, the average length of time to settle a tax investigation rose to 34 months, up from 31 months in 2015-16. The tax authority has also incre...
View articleThe Public Accounts Committee has expressed concern over HMRC's handling of its transformation programme, its pace of response to the Paradise Papers ...
View articleThe company’s Europe branch agreed to pay the back taxes as well as £57m corporate tax for the period ending April 2017 Read More...
View articleFormer HMRC executive chair and permanent secretary Ed Troup has received a knighthood in the 2018 honours list Read More...
View articleAs part of its aims to crack down on tax avoidance and evasion, HMRC has been involved in a number of high profile court cases and investigations in t...
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