More golden rules for avoiding a penalty
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 [...]
HSBC The Bank of Tax Cheats Panorama 2015 – full 30 minute programme
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. [...]
HMRC Should Remember They Are Not The Secret Police Says Libby Purves
Guest post from Libby Purves, originally published in The Times. I once met a suavely senior Whitehall mandarin who had served briefly in the upper echelons of HM Revenue and Customs. He said [...]
HMRC to slash 300 jobs
The Guardian reports today that HMRC will cut their workforce by 300 in the next year. You may think that this is a good thing because it’s 300 less people who might be giving you a hard [...]
How to survive the middle-class tax crackdown
Doctors, dentists, and other professionals have been warned: they are the targets in a new HM Revenue & Customs crackdown on tax evaders. Initially the taxman’s beady eyes will be focused on [...]
