Small businesses such as sole traders have had a record number of their assets seized as a result of non-payment of self-assessment tax bils HMRC made a record number of asset seizures last year from self-assessed taxpayers who could not settle their tax debts, many of...
HMRC is stepping up its existing powers to seize assets for unpaid VAT bills. HMRC has used its powers of ‘distraint’ to seize the assets of businesses in order to recover VAT from businesses that have failed to meet this tax obligation. According to finance provider Syscap,...
The AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) has shown further commitment toward focusing on the professional ethics for its members The AAT has stressed its commitment to raising the focus on professional ethics in the wake of recent widespread publicity on tax avoidance issues. The pledge is contained...
Any taxpayers who have still yet to file their tax return for the tax year ended 5th April 2012 will be issued stiff penalties from the HMRC. All tax returns for the 11/12 tax year should have been filed by the 31st January 2013....
The once American practice of offering unpaid internships for individuals to gain useful work experience is being investigated by the HMRC as contravening the national minimum wage. HMRC has been sent details of 100 companies accused of illegally using unpaid interns which the government has said...
All payroll liability payments are to be made to a central HMRC bank account with effect from this tax year (all employee pay dates made on or after the 6th April 2013). Please read the HMRC's notice below for further detail of how this...
The HMRC is continuing with its business record checks campaign to see if businesses are complying with their onerous business record keeping obligations. From November 2012, thousands of small business owners and self-employed people across the UK started to receive letters informing them that their business...
The HMRC estimates that over 5 million pounds of tax on property income is lost each year by private landlords failing to disclose their income and thus evade tax. A new crackdown on these individuals starts in the South East:- Around a third of buy-to-let...
To Chancellor George Osborne it is a simplification in a complex tax system. To its critics, it is a "granny tax". But what exactly does the most controversial measure in Wednesday's Budget mean for you? The change in age-related personal allowances - the amount of income that is tax-free -...