I wrote a lengthy note on Friday about the plan that I knew HMRC would be announcing today that it calls Making Tax Digital: The
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Take HSBC, add Jersey and mix with HMRC
The FT has reported this morning that: Jersey bank account holders have been invited by the UK tax authority to declare any undisclosed tax liabilities
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HMRC’s new quarterly accounting proposals are just wrong and could backfire badly
There is some anger in the tax profession at the creation of a strict liability offence for offshore tax evasion at present, but if I
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What world do the tax profession live in?
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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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