HMRC review HICBC failure to notify penalties
By Robin Williamson
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HMRC
20th November 2018
HMRC’s announcement that they would review certain cases where penalties were charged on taxpayers who had failed to register for the high income child benefit charge (HICBC), and refund them where...
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The disguised remuneration loan charge: ‘No legal or moral basis’ or a fair anti-avoidance measure?
By Robin Williamson
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HMRC
15th November 2018
The loan charge is an attempt to tax certain so-called ‘disguised remuneration’ schemes under which employees, workers or contractors are paid not through wages or salary subject to payroll taxes,...
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There’s No Time Like the Present To Get Prepared for Making Tax Digital (MTD)
15th November 2018
Making Tax Digital (MTD) will become effective from 1 April 2019. It’s a government initiative that requires businesses with an annual turnover above the VAT threshold (£85k) to submit their...
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Can HMRC guidance be relied upon?
By Robin Williamson
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HMRC
14th November 2018
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published a timely report entitled ‘Guidance for taxpayers: a vision for the future’. The report’s vision is for guidance geared to the needs of users,...
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October Online Service Updates
By Steve Savory
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BPRO
12th November 2018
What’s new in our plethora of tax online services? Steve Savory summarises the highlights.
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The Finance Bill: here we go again!
9th November 2018
Mark McLaughlin highlights some important provisions in the latest Finance Bill and notes some other measures still to come.
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