Real-time PAYE to commence over weekend
Corporate Tax

Real-time PAYE to commence over weekend

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Real-time PAYE to commence over weekend

After a year's pilot scheme, real-time PAYE is to be adopted nationally from 6 April Read More...

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Half-day strike will disrupt introduction of RTI
Administration

Half-day strike will disrupt introduction of RTI

12y Richard Crump , Writer

Half-day strike will disrupt introduction of RTI

PCS members at HMRC to strike as part of 'long weekend' of walkouts by civil servants Read More...

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GAAR will “cause confusion and chaos”, say advisers
Corporate Tax

GAAR will “cause confusion and chaos”, say advisers

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

GAAR will “cause confusion and chaos”, say adviser...

Advisers warn that without clear definition of the GAAR's scope, there is likely to be confusion over the kind of arrangements it will catch Read More...

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Finance Bill 2013 includes anti-avoidance provisions
Corporate Tax

Finance Bill 2013 includes anti-avoidance provisions

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Finance Bill 2013 includes anti-avoidance provisio...

Highlights of the Finance Bill 2013 include the introduction of the General Anti-Abuse Rule Read More...

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First fraud convictions made for film industry reliefs
Corporate Tax

First fraud convictions made for film industry reliefs

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

First fraud convictions made for film industry rel...

The first people convicted of defrauding the British Film Commission's tax relief scheme have been handed jail terms Read More...

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Practitioners concerned over RTI, poll finds
Corporate Tax

Practitioners concerned over RTI, poll finds

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Practitioners concerned over RTI, poll finds

In an Accountancy Age poll, readers register their concern for clients over the upcoming real-time PAYE requirements Read More...

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Budget 2013: GAAR a 'deterrent', with £235m haul estimate
Corporate Tax

Budget 2013: GAAR a 'deterrent', with £235m haul estimate

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Budget 2013: GAAR a 'deterrent', with £235m haul e...

The GAAR won't bring in billions of pounds, but it is already working as a deterrent, says Bill Dodwell Read More...

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Budget 2013: Osborne continues crusade against avoidance
Corporate Tax

Budget 2013: Osborne continues crusade against avoidance

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Budget 2013: Osborne continues crusade against avo...

The chancellor reiterates the government's hardline stance on tax avoidance and evasion in his 2013 Budget statement Read More...

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Budget 2013: Government push to capture office holders in IR35 net
Corporate Tax

Budget 2013: Government push to capture office holders in IR35 net

12y Kevin Reed , Writer

Budget 2013: Government push to capture office hol...

Senior people in business will come under contractor legislation, to "equalise" their income tax and NI with the employed Read More...

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Number of IR35 investigations triples in just six months
Corporate Tax

Number of IR35 investigations triples in just six months

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Number of IR35 investigations triples in just six ...

The number of IR35 investigations opened by HMRC has risen threefold in a matter of months Read More...

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£10m masterpiece qualifies as ‘plant and machinery’, tribunal rules
Corporate Tax

£10m masterpiece qualifies as ‘plant and machinery’, tribunal rules

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

£10m masterpiece qualifies as ‘plant and machinery...

Capital gains tax is not chargeable on the sale of Sir Joshua Reynolds' 'Omai' portrait as it was part of the running of a stately home, a tribunal ru...

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Taxman relaxes real-time PAYE requirements for SMEs
Corporate Tax

Taxman relaxes real-time PAYE requirements for SMEs

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Taxman relaxes real-time PAYE requirements for SME...

Businesses employing fewer than 50 people will be given until 5 October to continue Read More...

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NAO chief “undermined” ‘sweetheart' deals investigation
Corporate Tax

NAO chief “undermined” ‘sweetheart' deals investigation

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

NAO chief “undermined” ‘sweetheart' deals investig...

Head of the National Audit Office Amyas Morse is accused of undermining the investigation into 'sweetheart' deals between HMRC and big business Read M...

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Barrister jailed after VAT fraud
Corporate Tax

Barrister jailed after VAT fraud

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Barrister jailed after VAT fraud

Edward Paul Agbaje charged clients VAT despite being unregistered, and failed to pass the tax due onto HM Revenue & Customs Read More...

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PAC: Taxman’s ‘customer’ service “inadequate”
Corporate Tax

PAC: Taxman’s ‘customer’ service “inadequate”

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

PAC: Taxman’s ‘customer’ service “inadequate”

HMRC must improve its levels of 'customer' service to taxpayers, the Public Accounts Committee says in its 36th Report of Session Read More...

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Colin: Keep calm and...
Personal Tax

Colin: Keep calm and...

12y Taking Stock

Colin: Keep calm and...

Colin suggests what HMRC's next public information poster might look like Read More...

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UK strikes tax disclosure deal with Guernsey
Corporate Tax

UK strikes tax disclosure deal with Guernsey

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

UK strikes tax disclosure deal with Guernsey

Subject to approval by Guernsey's parliament, the Channel Island is to enter into a tax disclosure deal with the UK Read More...

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Taking Stock: A Landscape of Lies
Corporate Tax

Taking Stock: A Landscape of Lies

12y Taking Stock

Taking Stock: A Landscape of Lies

TS loves it when life imitates art Read More...

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Wine smugglers jailed over £5m VAT scam
Corporate Tax

Wine smugglers jailed over £5m VAT scam

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Wine smugglers jailed over £5m VAT scam

Two Italian wine merchants face jail stints after importing and selling wine without passing on the VAT payments Read More...

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Business “lulled into false sense of security” by taxman
Corporate Tax

Business “lulled into false sense of security” by taxman

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Business “lulled into false sense of security” by ...

Waste solutions business Bales was unaware it was accruing late-filing fines despite agreeing payment dates with an HMRC officer, a tribunal finds Rea...

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“Don’t depend on RTI”, MPs tell Homer
Corporate Tax

“Don’t depend on RTI”, MPs tell Homer

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

“Don’t depend on RTI”, MPs tell Homer

Real-time PAYE reporting should not be seen as a panacea to all HMRC's difficulties, MPs tell department chief executive Lin Homer Read More...

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Smith & Williamson sets up new Manchester base
Accounting Firms

Smith & Williamson sets up new Manchester base

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Smith & Williamson sets up new Manchester base

Top ten firm steps up its Manchester tax drive Read More...

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Spot the Ball owners win £80m tax prize
Company News

Spot the Ball owners win £80m tax prize

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Spot the Ball owners win £80m tax prize

Sportech wins long-running battle against the taxman over a VAT reclaim spanning 17 years Read More...

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DB schemes dealt £2bn blow as ECJ rules against funds in Wheels VAT case
Legal

DB schemes dealt £2bn blow as ECJ rules against funds in Wheels VAT case

13y Naomi Rainey

DB schemes dealt £2bn blow as ECJ rules against fu...

The National Association of Pension Funds and Wheels Common Investment Fund have lost their bid to recoup £2bn in backdated VAT on investment manageme...

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Taxman urges employers to prepare for real-time PAYE
Personal Tax

Taxman urges employers to prepare for real-time PAYE

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Taxman urges employers to prepare for real-time PA...

With the national roll-out of real-time PAYE just a month away, HMRC urges employers to be prepared for the switchover Read More...

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Meeson guilty of £5m pension tax fraud - UPDATED
Corporate Tax

Meeson guilty of £5m pension tax fraud - UPDATED

13y Accountancy Age

Meeson guilty of £5m pension tax fraud - UPDATED

Former tax boss Andrew Meeson and his business associate Peter Bradley have been found guilty of a £5m pension fraud. Read More...

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Former bank chief defeats taxman in 'careless error' tribunal
Personal Tax

Former bank chief defeats taxman in 'careless error' tribunal

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Former bank chief defeats taxman in 'careless erro...

Tribunal rules against HMRC over its decision to refuse to suspend a penalty over a careless inaccuracy made by ex-bank CEO David Testa Read More...

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ADR will not see more partial wins for taxman
Corporate Tax

ADR will not see more partial wins for taxman

13y Accountancy Age

ADR will not see more partial wins for taxman

The roll-out of alternative dispute resolutions for tax tribunals will not necessarily favour the taxman, writes Dawn Register Read More...

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