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

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

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
Administration

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 pockets £32m from tax avoidance scheme users
Personal Tax

HMRC pockets £32m from tax avoidance scheme users

9y Accountancy Age

HMRC pockets £32m from tax avoidance scheme users

Accelerated Payments Regime sees nearly £30m paid up - almost all of the disputed tax due Read More...

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HMRC probes grab £3.9bn extra VAT from SMEs
Administration

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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Devolved Scottish tax powers must be managed carefully, say advisers
Corporate Tax

Devolved Scottish tax powers must be managed carefully, say advisers

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Devolved Scottish tax powers must be managed caref...

Devolved taxation powers to Scotland could distort economy if managed poorly, but advisers praise pragmatism of move Read More...

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Industry gives cautious welcome to HMRC DRD backtrack
Personal Tax

Industry gives cautious welcome to HMRC DRD backtrack

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Industry gives cautious welcome to HMRC DRD backtr...

ICAEW chief executive Michael Izza said the institute would keep a careful eye on the passage of this legislation through parliament to ensure the com...

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

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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GP & Met Police forensic examiner guilty of £700k tax fraud
Personal Tax

GP & Met Police forensic examiner guilty of £700k tax fraud

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

GP & Met Police forensic examiner guilty of £7...

Khaled Yasin was paid £1.3m as a forensic medical examiner for the Met Police, but only paid tax on £655,955 of that money, deftly avoiding a £300,000...

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HMRC roasted for glacial pace at tackling tax avoiders
Corporate Tax

HMRC roasted for glacial pace at tackling tax avoiders

9y Chris Warmoll , Writer

HMRC roasted for glacial pace at tackling tax avoi...

Hodge blasts HMRC's action against tax avoiders as "unacceptably slow, putting tax revenues at risk" Read More...

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Taxman probes two thirds of Britain's biggest companies
Administration

Taxman probes two thirds of Britain's biggest companies

10y 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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HMRC should not bypass courts – CIoT's Fairpo
Corporate Tax

HMRC should not bypass courts – CIoT's Fairpo

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC should not bypass courts – CIoT's Fairpo

CIoT president Anne Fairpo criticises range of HMRC powers introduced over the course of the year which allow it to sidestep the courts Read More...

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ICAEW urges HMRC to abandon 'unconstitutional' direct debt recovery
Accounting Standards

ICAEW urges HMRC to abandon 'unconstitutional' direct debt recovery

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

ICAEW urges HMRC to abandon 'unconstitutional' dir...

HMRC's proposed direct debt recovery powers are unconstitutional, ICAEW warns Read More...

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

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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Advisers gravely concerned over HMRC debt collection plans
Accounting Standards

Advisers gravely concerned over HMRC debt collection plans

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Advisers gravely concerned over HMRC debt collecti...

ICAEW members express significant concerns over HMRC direct debt recovery plans, at institute's Wyman Symposium Read More...

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

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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The Practitioner: HMRC should be a business adviser
Accounting Firms

The Practitioner: HMRC should be a business adviser

10y The Practitioner

The Practitioner: HMRC should be a business advise...

The Practitioner thinks that if the taxman spent more time helping businesses grow, it would hit its tax-take targets Read More...

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MPs raise serious concerns over HMRC debt recovery powers
Personal Tax

MPs raise serious concerns over HMRC debt recovery powers

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

MPs raise serious concerns over HMRC debt recovery...

Wide-ranging debt recovery powers put forward in March's Budget cause serious concern to MPs Read More...

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Readers split over HMRC’s mooted increased powers
Corporate Tax

Readers split over HMRC’s mooted increased powers

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Readers split over HMRC’s mooted increased powers

Schism over HMRC's increasing powers among Accountancy Age readers Read More...

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HMRC targets evasion in further powers push
Personal Tax

HMRC targets evasion in further powers push

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC targets evasion in further powers push

People holding undeclared accounts offshore could face prison terms even if they did not intend to evade tax under HMRC proposals Read More...

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ICAEW: HMRC could supersede insolvency law with new powers
Administration

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 debt recovery powers will need to be 'bomb-proof'
Corporate Tax

HMRC debt recovery powers will need to be 'bomb-proof'

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

HMRC debt recovery powers will need to be 'bomb-pr...

Despite HMRC's assurances that its new debt recovery powers will be safeguarded, concerns remain among members of the profession Read More...

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Direct debt recovery to net HMRC £365m by 2019
Corporate Tax

Direct debt recovery to net HMRC £365m by 2019

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Direct debt recovery to net HMRC £365m by 2019

HMRC expects roughly £100m a year to come from direct debt recovery Read More...

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HMRC new account raiding powers are “draconian”
Administration

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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Budget 2014: Practitioners raise ethical concerns over new HMRC powers
Personal Tax

Budget 2014: Practitioners raise ethical concerns over new HMRC powers

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Budget 2014: Practitioners raise ethical concerns ...

Sweeping new powers set to be afforded to HMRC have potential to draw public opprobrium Read More...

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Budget 2014: HMRC powers to be greatly extended
Corporate Tax

Budget 2014: HMRC powers to be greatly extended

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Budget 2014: HMRC powers to be greatly extended

HMRC could have rights to take tax owed from taxpayers' accounts Read More...

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New stats point to a more aggressive taxman
Corporate Tax

New stats point to a more aggressive taxman

10y Kevin Reed , Writer

New stats point to a more aggressive taxman

Tax take improves, but at what cost? Read More...

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