As Bob said, “You don’t have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows” and it’s not news that HMRC has spent the last four years amassing eye watering power, [...]
It’s the deadline to get your tax return into HMRC. And we know what the story will be: too many people leaving it to the last minute (well that’s just human nature) and the [...]
You know what I get all the time when people hear my story? It’s, “Oh, you were investigated by an overzealous inquiry officer, HMRC are stamping that out now…” or [...]
In an article in Taxation this week CHRIS CHADBURN says the writing is on the wall for SMEs (small and medium enterprises). HMRC are about to give them a real kicking. Posted: 12 January 2011 [...]
Around a year ago I was looking in the HMRC manual (the rule book used by Inspectors to inspect) and I came across a flowchart for ESC A19. Very interesting, I thought. A lot has happened in HMRC [...]
Here’s what I get all the time from ‘tax agents’ they say, “Why are you bashing HMRC?” Then, “Look you had a bad experience with an overzelous officer, but [...]
The UK’s top tax man has refused to apologise after taking the wrong amount of tax from six million people, in this audio clip Dave Hartnett, Permanent Secretary at Her Majesty’s [...]
The mistakes are a result of the issuing of inaccurate tax codes, which are being caused by a glitch in HMRC’s computer system Errors by the taxman have risen by a “shocking” 148 per cent during [...]
April 2010: HMRC boss Dave Hartnett and review head Simon Norris answer questions from Jayne Constantinis about developments in the industry – HMRC want to woo tax advisers to – [...]
