Category Archives: Construction Industry

Name and Shame information for Tax Evaders

In light of current tax investigations by HMRC, it is worth reminding you guys of the ability of HMRC to Name and Shame Tax Evaders HMRC can publish the following information, unless doing so would prejudice an ongoing criminal investigation … Continue reading

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Plumbers arrested in HMRC Tax Investigation Crackdown

HMRC Tax Investigation into plumbers has begun in ernest Five plumbers have been arrested and around 600 are under civil investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for failing to pay the right amount of tax. The arrests and investigations … Continue reading

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HMRC Tax Penalties Slammed

The nature and definition of a “reasonable excuse” with respect to tax issues has been highlighted by Geraint Jones QC (who oversaw 4 hearings into late payment penalties imposed by HMRC). Accountancy Age reports that he found in favour of … Continue reading

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HMRC Targets Construction Industry tax abuse

HM Revenue & Customs has confirmed it is taking on an extra 100 officers to target tax abuses in the construction industry. HMRC said it is doubling the number of specialist officers cracking down on labour providers who fail to … Continue reading

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A new potential tax investigation thread?

How many seemingly straight forward changes in forms from HMRC carry the potential for information collation leading to a tax investigation? Well, later this year you will find that your solicitor, or property conveyance person, will be required to file … Continue reading

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HMRC disclosure plan for plumbers

HMRC have announced that they will allow plumbers and people in associated trades to declare their unpaid taxes for the past five years but this will be different from previous amnesties such as the Tax Health Plan (THP) and Liechtenstein … Continue reading

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Self employment registration – major delays

HMRC have issued an apology noting that the turnaround times for newly self-employed people to register will increase to eight weeks, between now and October 31 2010. It seems that processing times for paper form 64-8 and registrations for self-assessment … Continue reading

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HMRC Tax Investigations – debt collection

Anyone who has a debt with HMRC, whether it be from a Tax Investigation, employer compliance review, employment status review, PAYE/NIC/CIS or Self Assessment you need to take heed of what is happening regarding HMRC debt collection agents. To begin … Continue reading

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HMRC “in year” penalties will catch companies out

HMRC have gradually been introducing various penalty changes and “in year” late payment penalties are something new for this tax year but there has been very little publicity about this latest addition to the employer compliance review/tax investigation/Construction Industry Scheme … Continue reading

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Employment Status – it’s as simple as TMS, or is it!

Announcing that you have a cunning plan to avoid Employers NIC is one thing, telling the world it has HMRC approval is another thing altogether but this is the latest idea by TMS for commission-only  individuals. Now it strikes this … Continue reading

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