Tag Archives: Inland Revenue investigations

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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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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200% tax penalties for offshore tax evasion?

Anyone hiding money offshore could face new penalties of up to 200 per cent, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have warned. From 6 April 2011 HMRC will increase their potency as far as tax investigations are concerned with increased penalties … 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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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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HMRC Tax Investigations via Business Record Checks

HMRC are going to be on the attack in order to raise £600m starting this year (remember this number as you will need it later) so how are they going to do it – well, HMRC published a Consultation Paper … Continue reading

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Tax Investigations – change in tack?

If you were reading my blog earlier in the week you will have seen that HMRC are generously doing their bit to cut the Budget deficit by having an Autumn feeding frenzy as far as employer compliance reviews, tax investigations, … Continue reading

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PAYE tax snakes and ladders

So it has come to pass that HMRC have finally admitted to the full horror of their error ridden computer sysytem and PAYE records, otherwise known as snakes and ladders – so which one will you be? Evidently, £28bn has … Continue reading

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HMRC Tax Investigation strategy – beware!

Tax investigations are taking a new, slightly sinister twist – HMRC are allegedly demanding personal financial records from business people, without proper grounds for suspicion. This comes about at a time when Section CH223430 of HMRC’s Tax Investigation handbook appears … 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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