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Tax investigations – a recap

by Jessica Garbett | Jul 3, 2018 | ACCA, enquiries and tax disputes

How HMRC tackles tax fraud was covered in a recent webinar. At a recent ‘talking points’ webinar HMRC summarised some of the main points on how it tackles fraud and related issues such as the use of the Contractual Disclosure Facility (CDF) and the potential liability...

Isle of Wight man sentenced for £29,000 tax fraud

by Jessica Garbett | May 28, 2018 | enquiries and tax disputes, ethics

A report in the Isle of Wight County Press, their copyright acknowledged. In summary: The individual created fraudulent tax returns between between 2012 and 2015 with madeup figures for income and expenses as a labourer. In total he attempted to claim £41,806.20,...

Discovery Assessments – HMRCs Powers

by Jessica Garbett | Mar 19, 2018 | ACCA, business taxation, capital taxation, enquiries and tax disputes, HMRC, personal taxatation

Understanding the time limits for discovery assessments. The legislation that gives the power to HMRC to make a discovery assessment is section 29 Tax Management Act (TMA) 1970. Requirements for a discovery assessment HMRC cannot generally raise a discovery assessment...

A Dozen Easy Ways to Cut Your Tax – An Accountants Year End Tips

by Jessica Garbett | Mar 1, 2018 | business taxation, capital taxation, enquiries and tax disputes, pensions, personal finance, personal taxatation, property taxation

This time of year there are a lot of articles appearing in the media on year end tax planning – but its an ongoing process – here are our top twelve easy tips to keep tax bills under control – they are not just for year end, they are day to day: Make...

Disclosure of tax avoidance schemes

by Jessica Garbett | Feb 26, 2018 | ACCA, enquiries and tax disputes, ethics, HMRC

The changes from 1 January 2018 and penalties for non-compliance. For a number of years there have been rules governing the disclosure of tax avoidance schemes. HMRC requires information about the relevant scheme which assists them to: get early information about...

First IR35 case in a while – Ackroyd v HMRC

by Jessica Garbett | Feb 22, 2018 | business taxation, enquiries and tax disputes, IR35

We’ve recently seen published the first IR35 case for a good few years, and the first one HMRC have won in a while – sources are suggesting its the first contentious case they have won in 9 years. The case is Christa Ackroyd Media Limited v HMRC –...

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