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  • First Tax Assurance Commissioner Report published

    First Tax Assurance Commissioner Report published

    The first report by the new Tax Assurance Commissioner at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), detailing the department’s new approach to resolving disputes with taxpayers, has been published today.

  • Charities go online to claim gift aid

    Charities go online to claim gift aid

    More than 12,000 charities have registered with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to claim gift aid online since a new online service was launched eight weeks ago.

  • Tax adviser’s trust scheme blocked

    Tax adviser’s trust scheme blocked

    A tax avoidance scheme which routed profits of a tax advisory business through employee benefit trusts has been closed by a tribunal.

  • Avoidance scheme lands Abbeyland with liability

    Avoidance scheme lands Abbeyland with liability

    A property development company has failed in its attempt to avoid paying tax on a property sale by creating a “loss” of £1.6 million. It used a scheme that involved buying and surrendering investment bonds issued by a life assurance company.

  • Corby job agencies targeted in minimum wage blitz

    Corby job agencies targeted in minimum wage blitz

    Employment agencies in Corby are being investigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on suspicion of significantly underpaying employees the National Minimum Wage, as part of a newly launched multi-agency taskforce to tackle migrant labour abuse

  • £4m windfall for underpaid workers

    £4m windfall for underpaid workers

    More than 26,000 workers denied the National Minimum Wage by their employers have received a £4 million windfall after action by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

  • HMRC tax tribunal victory saves £190m

    HMRC tax tribunal victory saves £190m

    The sale of over £6 million of shares for a mere £592 lay at the heart of a tax avoidance scheme which would have left the UK taxpayer to pick up the tab, a tax Tribunal has heard.

  • Tax credit claimants warned over scam emails

    Tax credit claimants warned over scam emails

    Tax credits claimants are being warned by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in the run-up to the renewal deadline about scam or “phishing” emails sent out by fraudsters.

  • Car warranty tax scheme scuppered

    Car warranty tax scheme scuppered

    A tax avoidance scheme designed to avoid VAT on car repairs that could have cost the Exchequer £600 million a year has failed after a successful challenge by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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