The HMRC factsheet, Penalties for inaccuracies in returns and documents, is issued when HMRC believes a penalty is likely to be due. The document is full of crucial information most of which is [...]
The HMRC factsheet, “Penalties for inaccuracies in returns and documents” is issued when HMRC believes a penalty is likely to be due. The document is full of crucial information – most of [...]
What can HMRC ask to see? Is a FAQ and the answer is not a simple one; under FA 2008, Sch 36, para 1 the HMRC officer can as for anything that is ‘reasonable required’ for the [...]
There are three things that I love about Tax Hell Socking it to a bully I really don’t like bullies and standing up to them makes me feel warm inside. Helping people My back has been [...]
I love a gong – I mean who doesn’t right? They are great in the moment, then as time passes they become warm glowing dots on your lifeline. Aged 9 winner of tug-of-war, Aged 15 most [...]
For everybody who missed the Panorama programme from earlier this month. Our charter states (exactly the same as HMRC) that we want taxpayers to pay the right amount of tax, no more and no less. [...]
From a reader today. I bought this book last night and read it straight away. I like to think I am honest but tax is so complex when you get into the minutiae I am eternally paranoid that I may [...]
There’s a big piece in the Sunday Times today about how HMRC is clobbering celebrities who used tax saving methods to make the most of their income – I say: smoke and mirrors. Stories [...]
HMRC has produced a mini video about the 31 January Self Assessment tax return deadline – actually they did it for this time last year, but it’s as good now as it was then. In a [...]
If you’re self-employed or partially self-employed, you enjoy much greater scope for tax offsetting, says Mike Warburton, tax guru at the accountants Grant Thornton. Household expenses If [...]