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Tax | 3.4m taxpayers still not filed self assessment tax return

With just one week to go, a third of taxpayers in self assessment have still not filed a 2023-24 tax return, risking an automatic £100 penalty

23 Jan 2025

Tax | Final decision on loan charge review today

The Chancellor is due to issue a written statement about the loan charge review today with sources indicating an independent review is planned

23 Jan 2025

Tax | Enquiry spotlight: persistence and sound legal argument pays off

In our exclusive new series focusing on complex HMRC cases, Bash Khanzada, HMRC enquiries consultant at Croner-i, explains how a major tax dispute between a trustee and HMRC was resolved

23 Jan 2025

Tax | PAC slates HMRC for ‘degrading its own phone services’

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has slammed HMRC about its poor service standards, cuts to helplines and failure to listen to its ‘customers’ in the drive to push taxpayers online

22 Jan 2025

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Tax | HMRC scores £12m win from Haaland’s record pay deal

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has just signed the longest contract in Premier League history but will not be the only one to prosper with HMRC set to take over £12m a year

22 Jan 2025

Tax | Capital gains tax revenue skyrockets 60% in three months

December saw tax receipt increases across the board, with capital gains tax clearly being influenced by Labour’s first Budget while Conservative NICs cuts barely scratched the surface

22 Jan 2025

Tax | HMRC scolded by judge in £9k top slicing tax claim

An appellant, represented by her husband, has had her top slicing tax relief claim thrown out of the First Tier Tribunal despite ‘inordinate’ responses from HMRC

22 Jan 2025

Tax | BlueCrest £200m tax case remains unresolved

The Court of Appeal has sent the long-running BlueCrest Capital LLP tax case over disputed disguised remuneration back to the First Tier Tribunal

21 Jan 2025

Tax | Sunwarrior protein mix wins £800k VAT dispute

A superfood importer has won an £800,000 appeal against HMRC at the First Tier Tribunal as products did not contain enough carbohydrates to be considered a sports drink

20 Jan 2025

Tax | Where will HMRC focus tax investigations in 2025?

Danielle Ford, partner and head of tax disputes at HaysMac, shares her thoughts and predictions about HMRC’s compliance priorities for the year ahead

20 Jan 2025

Tax | Fujitsu members subcontracted by HMRC go on strike

PCS members employed by Fujitsu Services UK have voted by 87% for strike action on the last two days of this year’s self assessment tax deadline

20 Jan 2025

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Tax | MPs grill Treasury minister on credentials for HMRC chair position

In a probing Treasury Committee hearing, James Murray, the Treasury minister responsible for HMRC, was forced to justify why he was appointed chair of HMRC board

17 Jan 2025

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Tax | Sage will provide free MTD for income tax software, says Treasury

James Murray, Treasury minister responsible for HMRC has confirmed free Sage software will be available for Making Tax Digital for income tax, albeit a basic package

16 Jan 2025

Tax | Two weeks for 4.4m people to file tax returns, warns HMRC

Nearly a third of taxpayers have not submitted their 2023-24 tax return with the deadline of 31 January fast approaching and worries people will make mistakes on higher rate child benefit

15 Jan 2025

Tax | HMRC to hire £130k director to overhaul customer service

With customer service at an all-time low, HMRC is advertising for a director of transformation to overhaul and transform service levels at tax authority

15 Jan 2025

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