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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

HMRC has received more than 54,800 claims from customers using a new online portal which allows workers to claim tax relief for working at home.

The forthcoming investigation by HMRC into Airbnb landlords may be the last straw for growth in the short-term lettings market, according to property management firm Apropos. The firm believes that the announcement that Airbnb has passed on the financial transactions of 225,000 people who rent out h

Employers in Scotland who may have wrongly claimed support from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) are being warned to act now to avoid significant penalties from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

Self Assessment customers can apply online for additional support to help spread the cost of their tax bill into monthly payments from yesterday without the need to call HMRC.                                   

Scotland has seen another rise in R&D (research and development) tax credit claims, according to statistics released by HMRC yesterday. The latest 2018-19 figures show Scottish companies made a total of 2,925 claims, up from 2,210 made at this time last year. There were 2,405 successful R&D

Savers across Scotland who hold an HMRC Help to Save account have benefitted from their first bonus payment.

Almost a quarter of the best-paid people in the UK are immigrants, according to analysis of tax returns collected by HMRC.

Alan Hunter, a Moray fisherman who underdeclared nearly half a million pounds over five years and did not pay any tax, was jailed for 15 months yesterday.

A company that benefited from unlawful tax exemptions and was ordered to pay over £1 million to HM Revenue and Customs has lost an appeal challenging a payment order made to that effect.  John Gunn and Sons Ltd argued that they should only have to pay the amount which represented the

HM Revenue & Customs may have paid out up to £3.5 billion in furlough money on fraudulent or mistaken claims, it was revealed on Monday.

HMRC is to contact 3,000 companies across the UK every week over concerns that they have over-claimed for employees furloughed through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Since the scheme launched in April, over 1.2 million employers have applied to the scheme, protecting around 9.6 mi

HMRC has recently updated its Making Tax Digital (MTD) guidance to reflect that, from 1 April 2022, all businesses registered for VAT in the UK will need to comply with MTD and file their VAT returns through functionally compatible software that links to HMRC’s API platform, according to chart