Tag Archives: tax enquiry

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 Trial Single Tax Compliance Process

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced trials of a Single Compliance Process for tax enquiries across a range of taxes. By simplifying and standardising the process for compliance checks HMRC believe they will “improve customer experience” and reduce costs … 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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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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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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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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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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