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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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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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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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IR35 – when is abolished, not abolished …?

All herald the end of IR35, the complex and utterly futile attempt at raising extra revenue by re categorising self employed individuals as deemed employees – not quite! Although the Small Business Minister, Mark Frisk said in an interview with … Continue reading

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