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HMRC confirms location of Stratford Regional Centre

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has formally signed an agreement to lease 14 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London for 25 years. The 240,000 square feet. office space will accommodate around 3,800 HMRC employees from late 2020.

Tax avoidance film scheme flops

Tax avoidance film scheme flops

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has defeated a tax avoidance film scheme promoted by Goldcrest Pictures Ltd worth nearly £44 million.

Do your Self Assessment online, don’t miss the deadline

Do your Self Assessment online, don’t miss the deadline

Twenty years since HMRC took its first step into the digital age with the birth of electronic Self Assessment (SA), HMRC is reminding customers to complete their online tax return ahead of the 31 January deadline.

Billion pound win for UK taxpayers

Billion pound win for UK taxpayers

The Supreme Court today ruled against users of a failed tax avoidance film partnership scheme which tried to use legitimate investment in the film industry as a hook for tax avoidance.

HMRC launch Junior Tax Facts at USW

Tax Facts training for Welsh teachers launched

For the first time, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has joined with a university to enable trainee teachers to deliver a programme on the facts of tax to local school children.

Taking a tax avoidance Liberty

Taking a tax avoidance Liberty

HM Revenue and Customs has defeated a tax avoidance scheme used by the wealthy to reduce their tax bills, which the department expects to protect £325 million in unpaid tax.

Getting to the root of tax avoidance

Getting to the root of tax avoidance

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has won a landmark case against a tax avoidance scheme promoter that could lead to the recovery of £110 million.

Stop facilitating tax evasion or face criminal prosecution, HMRC tells corporations

Stop facilitating tax evasion or face criminal prosecution, HMRC tells corporations

Corporations could be prosecuted if they fail to prevent staff from criminally facilitating tax evasion under a new HMRC law that comes into effect this weekend.


It is already a crime to evade tax, or deliberately help another person to do so, but on behalf of the majority of taxpayers who pay what is due, the UK government is now taking an even firmer stance on corporate fraud in a mo

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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is the UK’s tax authority

HMRC is responsible for making sure that the money is available to fund the UK’s public services and for helping families and individuals with targeted financial support.

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