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Tax | HMRC doubles investigations into Gift Aid claims

HMRC more than doubled the number of investigations it made into claims for Gift Aid last year and raised an additional £6m in tax as a result, according to analysis by Wilkins Kennedy.

23 Apr 2014

Tax | ATT calls for last-minute extension to payroll deadline

The ATT is asking HMRC to extend the deadline for end-of-year payroll submissions by a month because of recent problems with the government gateway website used to file returns

17 Apr 2014

Tax | RTI pilot employers sent warning letters in error

A number of employers who took part in the Real Time Information (RTI) pilot in 2012–13 have been sent PAYE Late Payment default warning letters (FP12) by HMRC by mistake

16 Apr 2014

Tax | HMRC starts to use merchant acquirer data to monitor card payments

Businesses need to be aware that HMRC is now using data from merchant acquirers detailing the monthly credit and debit card income from UK businesses

15 Apr 2014

Tax | Abolition of SSP refund scheme hits individual care assistants

Plans to abolish the refund scheme for Statutory Sick Pay will hit people who hire carers or support assistants to help them at home

15 Apr 2014

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Tax | Plans to go ahead with simplification of Gift Aid claims

The Treasury has published the outcome of a consultation on proposals to make it easier to claim Gift Aid using online and text messages, including options for enabling donors to complete a single Gift Aid declaration to cover all their donations

15 Apr 2014

Tax | Register for HMRC EU VAT workshop on MOSS changes

HMRC is organising a VAT place of supply of services and VAT Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) event in London on 2 June 2014 for businesses affected by the reporting changes being introduced on 1 January 2015.

11 Apr 2014

Tax | PAC critical of HMRC’s approach to abuse of tax reliefs

HMRC’s approach to monitoring potential abuse of tax reliefs has come under fire from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which said the department should act much more quickly to assess how different tax expenditures change taxpayer behaviour

9 Apr 2014

Tax | HMRC targets taxpayers with undeclared second incomes

HMRC has launched a second incomes campaign, giving an opportunity for individuals to bring their tax affairs up to date if they have additional income that is not taxed through their main job or another PAYE scheme

9 Apr 2014

Tax | Nunn: pensions reform delivers a tax blow

The Budget is now old news as far as the headlines are concerned. The Chancellor George Osborne promised he wouldn’t give us any fireworks, and save for the nugget on pensions, he kept his word

9 Apr 2014

Tax | HMRC issues clarification on its treatment of insolvent businesses

HMRC has issued a revised Notice 700/56: Insolvency (April 2014). The notice explains the basic principles of HMRC’s treatment of insolvent businesses and the procedures which insolvency practitioners are asked to follow when dealing with HMRC.

7 Apr 2014

Tax | Insolvency Service puts the brakes on vehicle VAT scam directors

Five men who were directors of five Liverpool based companies have been disqualified for a total of 33 years for their part in a £3.5m VAT scam on the sale of imported vehicles and for failing to maintain accounting records or exercise proper control over the companies.

7 Apr 2014

Tax | Lords PSC group calls for HMRC to justify deterrence value of IR35

HMRC lacks sufficient information to judge whether IR35 legislation is having the intended effect and is proportionate, and needs to do more to justify retaining the IR35 rules, according to the findings of the House of Lords select committee on Personal Service Companies (PSC)

7 Apr 2014

Tax | Guidance: telling HMRC about a change of gender

HMRC has published guidance for advisers on how to tell the tax authorities about a taxpayer’s change of gender

7 Apr 2014

Tax | LLP tax reforms: don't fall foul of the new rules

LLPs are simply not the avoidance vehicles HMRC seems to think but there are still a number of pitfalls in the new rules, explains Tina Riches, national tax partner at Smith & Williamson

4 Apr 2014

Tax | HMRC software upgrade this weekend

HMRC has announced a software upgrade will take place over the weekend affecting some of its online services, with the bulk of the work taking place between the evening of Friday 4 April and the morning of Sunday 6 April

4 Apr 2014

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Tax | HMRC doubles investigations into Gift Aid claims

Tax | ATT calls for last-minute extension to payroll deadline

Tax | RTI pilot employers sent warning letters in error

Tax | HMRC starts to use merchant acquirer data to monitor card payments

Tax | Abolition of SSP refund scheme hits individual care assistants

Tax | Plans to go ahead with simplification of Gift Aid claims

Tax | Register for HMRC EU VAT workshop on MOSS changes

Tax | PAC critical of HMRC’s approach to abuse of tax reliefs

Tax | HMRC targets taxpayers with undeclared second incomes

Tax | Nunn: pensions reform delivers a tax blow

Tax | HMRC issues clarification on its treatment of insolvent businesses

Tax | Insolvency Service puts the brakes on vehicle VAT scam directors

Tax | Lords PSC group calls for HMRC to justify deterrence value of IR35

Tax | Guidance: telling HMRC about a change of gender

Tax | LLP tax reforms: don't fall foul of the new rules

Tax | HMRC software upgrade this weekend