If HMRC was a commercial organisation it would be bust, no email, poor customer service, poor complaint structure, don’t make the profit they should, little compensation when things go [...]
It must have seemed like a genius idea back in 2011. HMRC had always previously examined business records AFTER they had been submitted, what about looking at the records BEFORE they were [...]
It’s an open secret within HMRC that investigations stay open because the HMRC investigator has found nothing but feels too embarrassed to close the case. When an investigation is opened [...]
AccountingWEB have followed up with their own slant on the ‘nudge’ story from yesterday. They look more deeply into Behavioural Insights Ltd and the legal loophole that allows HMRC to [...]
HMRC is increasingly using ‘nudge’ letters to circumvent the normal dispute resolution process and put pressure on individuals currently engaged in a dispute with the taxman, City law firm [...]
The government has proposed introducing fees for individuals appealing decisions to the tax tribunal as part of broader reforms to civil court funding. As per the FT: “The government is [...]
A few people have emailed me recently asking if HMRC will view them as eBay traders, here’s what you need to know Like most things with HMRC there is the black, the white and the grey. In [...]
