HMRC

£180m HMRC investment ‘should not leave agents behind’, says CIOT

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has urged HMRC to ensure that represented taxpayers and agents are “not left behind”…

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Exchequer urged to better understand green taxes

The National Audit Office (NAO) has claimed that the treasury and HMRC have only a limited understanding of the environmental…

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HMRC’s new scheme sees businesses pay VAT in monthly instalments

HMRC has announced a new VAT referral scheme which allows for businesses to pay VAT in smaller monthly instalments.

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HMRC investigations into big business can take four years to complete

HMRC’s enquiries into big businesses’ tax affairs have been open for an average of 45 months, up from 43 months…

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HMRC raises £48bn from new taxes introduced over past 10 years

HMRC has raised £48bn from eight new taxes that the UK government has introduced over the last decade, according to…

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One of HMRC’s ‘most wanted’ tax cheat jailed

The ringleader of a plot to smuggle millions of illegal cigarettes has been jailed for three years after he flew…

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HMRC shed over £2.5m in legal costs during 2019/20

HMRC paid out over £2.5m in legal costs to taxpayers in 2019/20, a year-on-year increase of 88%.

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HMRC awards £3m contract to upgrade web-services

HMRC has awarded the largest Government open banking contract in history to Ecospend, a financial data and payments platform.

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1.8 million people missed Self Assessment deadline, says HMRC

HMRC is urging the 1.8 million people who did not pay their Self Assessment tax bill on 31 January to…

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HMRC must ‘urgently’ address gap in pandemic support, says PAC

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has called on HMRC to “urgently explain”why some taxpayers have been unable to access government…

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