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Accelerated Payment notices bring in millions from tax avoidance schemes

Accelerated Payment notices bring in millions from tax avoidance schemes

Saturday, 13 December 2014

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has secured almost all of the disputed tax due from the first group of tax avoidance scheme users to receive Accelerated...

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HMRC gives small businesses additional guidance on 1 January VAT changes

HMRC gives small businesses additional guidance on 1 January VAT changes

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Revenue and Customs brief issued on incoming changes for digital service suppliers...

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HMRC spells out help for small business

HMRC spells out help for small business

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has re-launched Supporting Small Business, which lays out how the department is making tax easier, quicker and simpler....

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Solicitors targeted in new tax clampdown

Solicitors targeted in new tax clampdown

Monday, 08 December 2014

Solicitors are being given the chance by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to bring their tax affairs up to date or face tougher penalties, as part of a n...

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Get ready to do your Self Assessment tax return

Get ready to do your Self Assessment tax return

Friday, 05 December 2014

Find your online activation code, and take a step towards inner peace....

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Withdrawal of HMRC 0845 telephone numbers

Withdrawal of HMRC 0845 telephone numbers

Friday, 05 December 2014

By 11 December 2014 all HMRC 0845 helpline telephone numbers will be taken out of service....

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Government strengthens safeguards for direct action to recover debts

Government strengthens safeguards for direct action to recover debts

Friday, 21 November 2014

Plans to recover tax and tax credit debts directly from the bank accounts of people and businesses who refuse to pay what they owe will include strong...

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HMRC agrees approach to information sharing

HMRC agrees approach to information sharing

Friday, 14 November 2014

HMRC, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) agree approach to sharing of information and expertise....

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HMRC defeats three more corporate avoidance schemes

HMRC defeats three more corporate avoidance schemes

Friday, 14 November 2014

HMRC has clocked up another three major legal victories over corporate tax avoidance schemes, protecting over £100 million of tax. ...

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HMRC announces scale of enquiries into big business

HMRC announces scale of enquiries into big business

Wednesday, 05 November 2014

Two-thirds of the 800 biggest businesses operating in the United Kingdom are under enquiry by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), it was announced today...

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Ten things you need to know about tax avoidance

Ten things you need to know about tax avoidance

Wednesday, 05 November 2014

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) today issued a list of ‘10 things a tax avoidance scheme promoter won’t always tell you’...

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Paper tax returns a no no from November

Paper tax returns a no no from November

Monday, 03 November 2014

If you haven’t yet sent your 2013/14 tax return to HMRC, remember not to do it on paper – or you’ll end up with a £100 late-filing penalty....

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Tax avoidance demands top £250m

Tax avoidance demands top £250m

Tuesday, 21 October 2014

HM Revenue and Customs has sent notices to tax avoidance scheme users to pay over £250 million of disputed tax under the Accelerated Payments regime i...

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Gone phishing – 75,000 fake tax refund emails reported

Gone phishing – 75,000 fake tax refund emails reported

Monday, 20 October 2014

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is warning taxpayers to be on their guard against fraudulent phishing emails, after almost 75,000 fake emails were repor...

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HMRC publishes 2012 to 2013 tax gap

HMRC publishes 2012 to 2013 tax gap

Thursday, 16 October 2014

The tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax due and the amount collected, was 6.8% of tax liabilities, or £34 billion, in 2012 to 2...

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Tax bills

Tax bills

Thursday, 09 October 2014

A number of incorrect 2013-14 tax calculations (P800) and payable orders were issued to customers in a three-week period from 15 September....

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Digital services suppliers urged to register for new EU VAT service

Digital services suppliers urged to register for new EU VAT service

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Businesses supplying digital services across the European Union will be able to register for a new online VAT service from 20 October....

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No immunity from tax for vaccine avoidance scheme

No immunity from tax for vaccine avoidance scheme

Thursday, 04 September 2014

A tax avoidance scheme which abused the reliefs offered for research into life-saving vaccines to claim back £77 million in tax has been rejected agai...

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HMRC appoints two new Non Executive Directors

HMRC appoints two new Non Executive Directors

Monday, 01 September 2014

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced the appointment of two new Non-Executive Directors....

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Review of the Tax and Procurement policy

Review of the Tax and Procurement policy

Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Tax and Procurement – policy review...

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Tax adviser’s trust scheme blocked

Tax adviser’s trust scheme blocked

Thursday, 14 August 2014

A tax avoidance scheme which routed profits of a tax advisory business through employee benefit trusts has been closed by a tribunal....

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Workshops offer small high tech firms advice on innovation

Workshops offer small high tech firms advice on innovation

Thursday, 14 August 2014

Small and medium-sized high-tech companies are being invited to free workshops on support for business growth, research and development tax credits an...

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Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS)

Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS)

Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Find out about the AWRS which aims to tackle alcohol duty fraud by making the wholesale of illicit alcohol much more difficult....

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Over 3 million renew tax credits on time

Over 3 million renew tax credits on time

Thursday, 07 August 2014

More than three million people renewed their tax credits on time, with many taking advantage of the new online option, HMRC announced today....

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HMRC clocks up another win over NT Advisors

HMRC clocks up another win over NT Advisors

Wednesday, 30 July 2014

HMRC has secured its eighth consecutive tribunal win against tax avoidance schemes run by NT Advisors....

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Extra time for tax credits renewals

Extra time for tax credits renewals

Wednesday, 30 July 2014

HMRC is giving tax credit customers an extra week to renew their tax credits claim – if they have not already done so. This is in response to industri...

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Pay up time for offshore loan schemes

Pay up time for offshore loan schemes

Thursday, 24 July 2014

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is today giving around 16,000 tax avoidance scheme users the opportunity to pay the tax they owe or risk facing bigger t...

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Nearly 1 million tax credits claimants to lose benefit if they don't take action

Nearly 1 million tax credits claimants to lose benefit if they don't take action

Thursday, 24 July 2014

With the tax credits renewal deadline just one week away, HMRC is reminding claimants to renew or face losing their payments....

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HMRC Annual Stakeholder Conference: Lin Homer

HMRC Annual Stakeholder Conference: Lin Homer

Friday, 18 July 2014

Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary Lin Homer's speech to the HMRC Annual Stakeholder Conference....

HMRC's annual conference for stakeholders: opening address

HMRC's annual conference for stakeholders: opening address

Thursday, 17 July 2014

A speech given by David Gauke, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, to the annual HMRC stakeholder conference on 17 July 2014....

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