HMRC Investigation

The first-tier tribunal has allowed an appeal in part for an author to claim expenses relating to relocating his boat to southern France against his self-employment income. The case of C Huhtala [...]

Tax doyen and scourge of HMRC Ken Frost has been included in the top 100  financial influencers online in the world of social media for his work on HMRC is Shite.

The Tax-Hell.co.uk site is now being archived by the British Library for history and posterity and the like. When I’m dust these words will live forever in a far-flung corner of Cyberia.

Over the last few months HMRC boss Dave Hartnett has got it in the neck for giving some big businesses (such as Vodafone and Goldman Sachs) some amazingly generous tax deals, losing The Revenue [...]

If you haven’t filed your self assessment tax return yet, don’t forget that the deadline is 31 January 2012. Your return will need to be filed online as the deadline for paper returns [...]

The Week says, “A committee of MPs has criticised “unduly cosy” deals between HM Revenue & Customs and large firms over £25bn worth of unpaid tax. The Public Accounts [...]

The controversial head of the UK tax authority – Dave Hartnett – will retire in the summer of 2012, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced. From January, the permanent secretary [...]

Dave Hartnett, head of HMRC, has spent the last few years shaking hands on sweetheart deals with multinational corporations. Vodafone were let off upwards of £6bn in tax, Goldman Sachs were let [...]

Fraudsters have found a way to hack into government tax records and divert refunds meant for others into their own bank accounts. An investigation by The Sunday Times has revealed that criminals [...]