The Guardian has reported this morning that: Government plans to make offshore tax evasion a criminal offence even when there is no proof of intention
Read the full article…
The new era of tax simplification will mean four tax returns a year – and no doubt big penalties for not doing complying
Most people who have to do them find doing one tax return a year quite onerous. I know. I have helped many hundreds (maybe more)
Read the full article…
HMRC office closures will be devastating
The following comes from the PCS union blog and I reproduce it because I think it right and am happy to support that union’s demands
Read the full article…
No way to run a tax system
As the Mirror (and others) report this morning: HM Revenue & Customs is to close all 170 of its offices across the country in favour
Read the full article…
Did HMRC set out to deceive, or was it worse than that?
Jolyon Maugham has a rightfully indignant blog out this morning on the fact that HMRC has not been prosecuting cases of overseas tax evasion. But
Read the full article…
Amazon and eBay: who is liable for the VAT evasion?
The Guardian, BBC and others have covered an unfolding story of massive VAT evasion as a result of distance selling from China (and maybe other
Read the full article…
HMRC are looking for work at less than the minimum wage
The following is reposted from the London School of Business and Finance website, in the public interest: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are looking for
Read the full article…
David Gauke needs to put £1 billion in contingent liabilities
HMRC issued a breathy press release overnight saying: HMRC has collected £1 billion in tax payments from users of tax avoidance schemes as a result
Read the full article…
HMRC is wide open to abuse because of a lack of staff
The Mail has reported that a carpenter in Hull has been convicted of defrauding HMRC by retrospecively adjusting his on line tax returns to claim tax refunds
Read the full article…