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This is why we do what we do: “In late 2011 I received a startling phone call at my place of work from HMRC, claiming that I owed them £17,000 in unpaid taxes. In something of a panic, I [...]

When you are the subject of a HMRC tax investigation you should be sent a five page ‘factsheet’ called General Information About Compliance Checks. This SHOULD be a road map of the [...]

Just updating ‘What HMRC Don’t Want You To Know” in the Features section and thought number 5 would make a good post…. Stephen Camm former Inland Revenue investigator and [...]

It’s been a long running question about where the cash from HMRC’s premium number rates go. I put in a FoI request three years ago asking how much money was made and who made it. HMRC [...]

Well I say escorts, I mean prostitutes. The tax argument that has been made by prostitutes is simple enough: it runs along the lines of, I knew that what I was doing was illegal and I thought you [...]

If you missed Dispatches last night you can catch up now. Also copy below from the nice people at Channel 4. It’s a perfectly legal activity. Frowned upon by some and actively encouraged by [...]

This is a press release from HMRC announcing that they now have a taskforce [sic] dedicated to investigate taxi drivers. 31 May 2012 09:00 HMRC tackles tax dodging taxi firms A new taskforce to [...]

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.