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Ditch paper receipts – as VAT goes digital

Ditch paper receipts – as VAT goes digital

Senior Decision Makers in finance and accounting admit to not being the best at keeping receipts, as 65% confess to having lost them, according to a new YouGov poll out today.

Making Tax Digital for VAT pilot open for business

Making Tax Digital for VAT pilot open for business

A pilot for a new online VAT service was launched today, with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) inviting more than half a million businesses to try it ahead of new rules coming into force in April 2019.

Businesses sign up to online tax account

Businesses sign up to online tax account

More than half a million businesses have signed up to an online tax account – Your Tax Account – HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced today.

Man arrested in VAT fraud investigation

Man arrested in VAT fraud investigation

A Co Armagh man has been arrested in connection with a suspected multi million pound VAT fraud, linked to the transport industry, after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

HMRC publishes 2012-13 tax gap

HMRC publishes 2012-13 tax gap

The tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax due and the amount collected, was 6.8% of tax liabilities, or £34 billion, in 2012-13.

University brought to book over tax avoidance

University brought to book over tax avoidance

A tax tribunal has backed HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in yet another tax avoidance case – this time against a university which claimed over £600,000 in VAT.

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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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