The head of customer service at HMRC has announced she is leaving in May to go to the private sector after less than a year in the job, a role specially created for Ruth Owen in the recent HMRC customer service reorganisation
Plans to set up a register to monitor ownership of UK properties by overseas purchasers and shell companies look likely to go ahead with the government confirming that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is working on proposals and a consultation will be released in the coming weeks
HMRC is considering the introduction of the principle of conditionality, which would involve making access to licences or services needed to trade conditional upon tax registration, as a way of tackling tax loss via the hidden economy
HMRC has launched a new hotline for the public to report fraud and evasion, replacing the existing two separate tax evasion and customs hotlines with one, in a bid to streamline information gathering on tax fraud
Starting this week, the Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has new powers to impose penalties for serious financial sanctions breaches of up to £1m or 50% of the breach, whichever is higher
In light of the new salary sacrifice rules which will be introduced this month, Vaneeta Khurana, head of employment tax at Mazars shares her thoughts on what the new draft Finance Bill will mean for employees and employers, and considers the pros and cons of salary packaging
Tax avoidance cases before the General Anti Abuse Rule (GAAR) Panel could be ‘pooled’ or ‘bound’ or placed under ‘general referral’ under new guidance measures aimed at increasing efficiency
HMRC has raised an additional £3.3bn in the last year through inquiries into the under-payment of VAT by SMEs, according to analysis by tax investigation insurance expert PfP
From 1 April 2017, the corporation tax rate has been cut to 19% from 20% for the tax year 2017/18, with plans to cut it further to 17% from April 2020 as announced as part of spring Budget 2017
Google’s tax payments in the UK remain controversial a year after it agreed a £130m payment of back taxes to HMRC, with the discovery that the tech giant is now in line for a potential refund on its corporation tax bill
HMRC collected £705m in additional tax through investigations into companies’ payroll taxes over the last year according to research by international law firm Pinsent Masons which indicates SMEs are a particular focus of scrutiny
In our monthly review of tax cases, Sharon Khin reviews Ladbroke case over loan relationship rules, IHT dispute over sole and joint ownership in Lidher and deductible foreign exchange losses in Smith and Nephew, plus the introduction of the inheritance tax nil-rate band and penalties for Making Tax Digital
In this month's VAT updates, Graham Elliott, director at City & Cambridge Consultancy, considers the cost sharing exemption in light of the Kokott interpretation, VAT on new house builders blocked in Taylor Wimpey and disappointing ruling on cultural services in BFI case
The latest employment tax revisions including clarification of salary sacrfice exemptions, IR35 rules for public sector workers and the Scottish rate of income tax thresholds. Jackie Hall ACA CTA, partner at RSM casts her eye over developments
HMRC will consider national taxes in other jurisdictions the closest to UK equivalents over provincial levies, guidance released on hybrid mismatches shows
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