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HMRC ‘steps up’ scrutiny of largest businesses
November 6th, 2014
The tax returns of two thirds of the 800 largest businesses operating in the UK are under “enquiry”, HMRC announced after yesterday’s stakeholder conference. Jennie Grainger, director general of enforcement and compliance, told the conference that this did not ...
HMRC arrests three in £80m tax fraud and money laundering bust
October 21st, 2014
HMRC officers have arrested three men on suspicion of tax fraud and money laundering offences worth up to £80 million. Over 70 officers swooped on the men in dawn raids at three London addresses last Friday. Cash totalling £150,000 ...
HMRC launches new FATCA online service
October 16th, 2014
HMRC has launched a new online service for UK financial institutions to register and report financial information on behalf of their US clients. In 2010, the US passed the Foreign Asset Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), meaning foreign financial institutions ...
HMRC hails VAT ruling against university
October 7th, 2014
HMRC has welcomed the Upper Tribunal’s decision that a university’s leaseback arrangement should be ignored for VAT purposes. The Upper Tribunal allowed HMRC’s appeal against a First-tier Tribunal decision that a leasing scheme did not constitute an “abuse of ...
CEO of tax specialist cleared of wrongdoing after HMRC climb down
September 15th, 2014
The chief executive and a former director of the tax specialist arm of financial group Montpelier have been cleared of cheating the public revenue of £1m, after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) dropped the case against them. Watkin Gittins, ...
HMRC plans to break up multi-billion IT contract
September 1st, 2014
A plan by HMRC to split its multi-billion pound IT contract into smaller parts may worsen the service, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union has said. The Times reported this week that the tax department is planning to ...
UK Accountancy Firms shrink after HMRC Efforts
August 27th, 2014
HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) increasingly tough stance on tax planning is taking its toll on the UK accountancy industry, according to finance provider LDF. There was a 4 percent drop in the number of accountancy firms registered in ...
HMRC Consults On Strict Liability Tax Penalties
August 26th, 2014
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is consulting on the design of a proposed new strict liability criminal offence for those who fail to declare taxable offshore income and gains. Under the plans, magistrates could be given the power to ...
HMRC Battles Glasgow Rangers Over Tax Dispute
August 8th, 2014
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has appeal for permission to begin a tax battle involving Scottish football club Rangers’ use of employee benefit trusts. HMRC argued that the former giant of the Scottish Premier League should tax its employees’ ...
HMRC: Tax avoiders have opportunity to settle their issues
August 1st, 2014
Around 16,000 tax avoiders are to be given the chance to settle their outstanding liabilities with HM Revenue & Customs, the department has confirmed. On average, each of the users of the contractor loan schemes covered by this settlement ...
