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Accountant to face jail over investigation tip-off

This employment tax expert warns all readers of the increased use of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (PoCA) by police and government agencies that has been highlighted by the recent case of Kishor Doshi, director of Sunderland accountancy and … Continue reading

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MPs expenses – and another one brought to Justice

Disgraced former Labour MP Eric Illsley has been jailed for 12 months for fiddling his parliamentary expenses. The 55-year-old became the first sitting Member of Parliament convicted of abusing expenses. He pleaded guilty last month to dishonestly claiming more than … Continue reading

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Employer and Budget Packs not being sent to Employers – be careful!

This employment tax expert is warning employers to be extremely careful when it comes to employer tax compliance as HMRC have announced that as part of it’s drive to move more of its business online and reduce the cost of … Continue reading

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Bribery Act 2010 – implementation delayed

The Bribery Act 2010, that was due to come into force in April 2011, has been delayed according to the Ministry of Justice. Under the Act the Secretary of State must publish guidance about procedures that relevant commercial organisations can … Continue reading

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MPs Expenses – another snout in the trough brought to justice

This employment tax expert says, let’s have further tax investigations into expenses claimed by MPs and Peers following the conviction of Lord Taylor of Warwick of false accounting over his House of Lords expenses. The peer had argued the six … Continue reading

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Tax Investigation Settlements – fair for all?

We’ve all heard the stories about how big businesses seem to get the best deals when it comes to dealing with HMRC following tax investigations, well, the National Audit Office (NAO) is going to investigate how HMRC reach settlements with … Continue reading

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Secret tax code underpayment write off

The Daily Telegraph reports that up to 250,000 pensioner who, because of errors on their tax codes, have unwittingly underpaid tax will have their underpaid tax debt written off. This group of people would have an excellent claim against any … Continue reading

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WikiLeaks to publish Swiss Bank account details

It has been strongly rumoured that whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks will expose thousands of wealthy bank clients who have used offshore accounts to avoid tax. Former Julius Baer Bank employee Rudolf Elmer has handed over two CDs containing the potentially dangerous … Continue reading

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Tax Avoidance is NOT Tax Evasion – here we go again!

This feels like a broken record, the old addage what’s the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion – the thickness of a prison wall. Let’s get one thing straight, tax avoidance is legal, people may not like it but … Continue reading

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MP’s Expenses – some justice for the ordinary taxpayer

This employment tax expert wrote some time ago about the disgrace that was the MPs expense saga. It was quite simple, an employee would be under a PAYE/NIC investigation, if found guilty, sacked and likely prosecuted, so why should MPs … Continue reading

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