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  • Lord Mayor joins HMRC to celebrate students’ achievements

    Students from The Bulwell Academy were presented with certificates by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham yesterday, to mark their completion of a six-week “employability skills” programme run by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

  • HMRC court wins protect over £1 billion

    The total amount of tax protected by tackling corporate tax avoidance schemes has passed £1 billion in the first six months of 2013, David Gauke, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, announced today at the first HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Stakeholder Conference.

  • P&O avoidance scheme scuppered

    P&O has failed in a bid to use a complex international tax avoidance scheme to avoid UK corporation tax.

  • Crackdown on the holiday industry

    A taskforce tackling tax dodgers in the holiday industry in Blackpool, Lake District, North Wales, Devon and Cornwall, Isles of Scilly, Somerset and South Wales was launched today by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

  • Campaign offers chance to settle tax bills

    Taxpayers who have failed to submit tax returns are being offered the chance to come forward and pay up under a new HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) campaign.

  • Paying HMRC quarterly – tips for a smooth experience

    Businesses who pay HMRC quarterly are approaching their first payment deadline since the reporting of PAYE in real time was introduced. HM Revenue and Customs’ Jane Brothwood runs through some important steps to consider.

  • 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

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