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  • Charities get online Gift Aid service

    Claiming gift aid repayments will be quicker and easier for charities and sports clubs from April, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said today.

  • Game on for new tax regime

    A new tax regime for businesses operating gaming machines comes into effect on 1 February 2013.

  • Record 9.61 million on-time tax returns

    A record 9.61 million people found “inner peace” and sent their tax return on time this year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) revealed today.

  • Banks pay HMRC half a billion Swiss francs

    The ground breaking tax agreement between the UK and Switzerland which came into force on 1 January 2013 has delivered £342 million as the first tranche of revenue to the UK.

  • Direct sellers - one month to settle tax bills

    People selling directly to customers and who haven’t paid all the tax they owe have one month to come forward and pay up under an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) campaign.

  • £26m tax boost from HMRC voluntary sector projects

    Grants of £2 million to voluntary and community organisations to help people with taxes, benefits and tax credits led to £26 million in additional tax being declared to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) last year.

  • New non-executive directors at HMRC

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced the appointment of three new non-executive board members, as part of its ongoing governance arrangements.

  • Countdown to tax return deadline

    The countdown has begun to the 31 January Self Assessment deadline, with just days left for anyone with an outstanding 2011-12 tax return to send it online to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

  • Seven things you never knew about PAYE

    With the biggest shake-up to Pay As You Earn (PAYE) in nearly seventy years about to start in April, we look at some interesting facts about PAYE.

  • Updated tax app launched

    Over 250,000 people have downloaded HM Revenue and Customs’ tax calculator app which allows people to work out how much tax they pay and how the Government spends it.

  • Businesses warned on late VAT returns

    As many as 50,000 businesses that have failed to submit VAT returns will be targeted by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) this month with warnings that their tax affairs will be closely scrutinised.

  • PAYE attention – RTI is coming

    Employers are being urged by HM Revenue and Customs to get ready for major PAYE changes that come into effect in three months’ time.

  • Many happy returns of the season

    While millions of people were exchanging presents, feasting on turkey, and nodding off in front of the television, 1,548 people decided to take time out from the yuletide festivities and do their tax return online – a 40 per cent increase on Christmas Day 2011, when 1,100 people filed online.

  • Streamlined Gift Aid for charity shops

    New rules that will lift the administration burden for charities claiming Gift Aid on the proceeds of donors’ goods sold by charity shops have been announced by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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