Tag Archives: Tax avoidance schemes

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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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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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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False Self Employment in the Construction Industry Update

At last the results of the consultation exercise, False Self Employment in the Construction Industry have been published and we seem to be back to an old style consultation – we ask for your views then when we don’t like … Continue reading

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Tax Investigations and anti-terror laws

You may recall from earlier posts the concerns raised over HMRC and their report on “lost” revenue and people paying the “right” amount of tax – well tax investigations, employer compliance visits, tax enquiries have all now taken a sinister … Continue reading

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Tax Investigations – HMRC’s Self Appraisal

HMRC have published their report on “Protecting Tax Revenues 2009″ or as I will call it Tax Investigations – HMRC’s Self Appraisal, as the report is very defensive, akin to a struggling employee worried about their job, writing their self … Continue reading

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Saving NIC a priority following the Pre Budget Report

April 2011 all hail the massacre that is increased NIC but there is light at the end of the tunnel – salary sacrifice schemes and employee car ownership schemes to name but a few. The PBR as to be expected … Continue reading

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Tax evasion – bad, tax avoidance – border line, cheating – fine!

So cheating has been revamped to “exploiting the exploitable” -  does this sum up society today, I hope not but how many examples do we need: MPs expenses – tax investigation required David Curry, Conservative MP and Chairman of the … Continue reading

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Tax Avoidance Schemes – not as we know it!

The old joke used to be: “What’s the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion? – the thickness of a prison wall” Well not anymore. HMRC really really don’t like tax avoidance schemes – why? because it means that the … Continue reading

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