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  • Second registration window now open for tax advisers

    Phase two of the new online registration requirement for tax advisers rolls out. Advisers with Self Assessment or Corporation Tax accounts, but without an agent services account (ASA), now need to register. Mandatory tax adviser registration requirements will protect customers and raise standards in tax advice. Advisers who solely provide professional payroll services do not need to registe

    HMRC graphic announcing the second registration window for tax advisers opening on 18 August 2026
  • Wanted tax fugitive jailed for money laundering

    A money launderer who fled during his 2018 trial has been extradited from the Netherlands and jailed for five-and-a-half years. Javed Ahmad was caught trying to stuff more than £100,000 in a filing cabinet when HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers raided his Burnley office in November 2015.

  • Crooked accountant who stole from staff jailed

    A crooked accountant who abused his position to orchestrate a £1.7 million tax fraud - spending the stolen cash on lavish holidays and cars - has been jailed for four years.

  • HMRC probes suspected tax evasion bank customers

    Hundreds of UK customers of a collapsed Puerto Rican bank linked to tax evasion and money laundering are being given a chance to check and correct their tax affairs. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is currently writing to around 600 people in the UK who used the Euro Pacific Bank (EPB) urging them to check their tax position and make any corrections to their tax affairs.