Limited company contractors need to prepare for RTI
A system developed by HMRC is set to come into force this year (2013), the biggest change to PAYE since 1944. Real Time Information also known as RTI is a system developed to inform HMRC monthly of...
View ArticleFraudulent emails looking more ‘real’
Fraudulent emails often clog up people’s inboxes and for many we recognise it as spam and delete it, but on occasion people fall for the scam and give a fraudster details which they should never...
View ArticleHMRC Announce Enquiry Centre Closures
HMRC recently announced they were to shut 281 enquiry centres and instead provide an improved telephone service and also an ‘at home’ service where advisors could visit you at your home or business. By...
View ArticleRTI grace period for small firms
To give small firms more time to update their payroll systems to comply with the new Real Time Information reporting, HMRC have given firms with less than 50 employees a six month grace period. The RTI...
View ArticleHMRC strike timed to disrupt beginning of new tax year
This morning, Monday 8th April, the first working day of the new tax year, HMRC staff will walk out on strike returning to their desks at 1pm. They are protesting over pay, pensions and working...
View ArticleHMRC launch unpaid intern enquiry
HMRC are to investigate 100 companies that may be breaking the law by hiring unpaid interns. Given to them by Jo Swinson, the junior employment minister, this list contains a number of ‘household...
View ArticleHMRC Inundated With Annual RTI Registrations
RTI came into force just last month and already HMRC are struggling to cope with the sheer volume of annual RTI registrations that are flooding their systems. For small businesses including contractors...
View ArticleFraudulent HMRC emails doing the rounds
Year on year, the number of UK taxpayers that are being targeting by fraudsters disguising themselves as HMRC via email is increasing, looking more genuine each time. There is always a peak of...
View ArticleTax hotline gathers momentum
It has been reported that in the past 12 months, a HMRC hotline has received over 72,000 phone calls. The hotline was set up for people to anonymously tip off HMRC about people they believe may be...
View ArticleGAAR has a new line up
HMRC have announced the appointment of six new members to the GAAR (general anti-abuse rule) advisory panel. Opting to recruit a professional panel from a range of sectors and backgrounds, HMRC avoided...
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