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HMRC has launched a new UK Trader Scheme to support businesses moving goods from the UK to Northern Ireland. Traders are being urged to consider whether they need to sign up to the new UK Trader Scheme (UKTS) to ensure traders don’t pay tariffs on the movement of goods into Northern Ireland fr

A further £3.1 million has been cut from the tax bill owed by the firm which formerly owned Rangers Football Club. Sources in the financial sector told The Times that it appeared the bill was likely to be reduced further as liquidators said they were having “positive discussions” w

A further £3.1 million has been cut from the tax bill owed by the firm which formerly owned Rangers Football Club. Sources in the financial sector told The Times that it appeared the bill was likely to be reduced further as liquidators said they were having “positive discussions” w

Two Scottish men involved in creating false invoices as part of a £45,000 tax fraud have been sentenced. David Paterson of Scone collaborated with his accountant Kevin Sinclair of Kirkintilloch to reclaim VAT they weren’t due, an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation revealed.

HM Revenue and Customs (HRMC) has urged Scotland's 706,000 self assessment customers not to miss the 31 January deadline. The 2019-20 tax return can be finalised at any time up to the deadline but HMRC is encouraging customers to complete it early to allow for more time to pay their tax bill or set

The UK's inheritance tax (IHT) take on gifts has increased for three consecutive years, according to new figures. The number of estates liable for IHT on gifts rose from 873 estates in 2015/16 to 920 in 2016/17 and then 993 in 2017/18, FT reports.

An English bar owner who refused to pay VAT on his 'super juices' by claiming they should be classed as food, has won a five-year legal battle with HMRC.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have launched new action to cut out misleading marketing by promoters of tax avoidance schemes. The joint enforcement notice aims to disrupt the activity of promoters and protect people from being presented with misleading a

Innovation funding specialist ABGI UK has called for stricter measures and greater regulation of advisers after more than £300 million incorrect and illegitimate R&D tax claims were identified within HMRC’s annual report. According to the newly published HMRC Annual Report and Accoun

HMRC has lost £31 billion to fraud and error, according to annual accounts published yesterday.  However, the figures have indicated that this is the lowest amount ever reported by the tax authority. 

The number of new tech start-ups in Scotland has increased by 57% in quarter three this year compared to quarter one data, according to new research conducted by audit, tax and consulting firm RSM.

UK businesses suffering from the effects of COVID-19 could be stifled further when HMRC becomes a major creditor when firms go bust, according to Simon Rothenberg, a manager at tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg. In a move that they hope will generate £185 million, HMRC will

HMRC has been accused of making fewer arrests on white-collar tax dodgers due to a lack of resources and criticism about it being too “trigger happy”.

HMRC is reminding Self Assessment customers that there are just 100 days left to complete their tax return ahead of the deadline on 31 January 2021. Each year, around 11 million customers complete a Self Assessment tax return. Customers can complete their 2019-20 tax return at any time up to the dea

The HMRC has admitted that Amazon will not be affected by the introduction of the new digital services tax, however, small traders who useth site to sell products will be penalised. UK Ministers had claimed that the tax which was announced in April, would make “global giants with profitable bu