Ian Stewart, the Director of Indirect Tax at HMRC, talks about his VAT teams’ work and how they are helping UK businesses.
HMRC has suitably ambitious plans for a digital future, but a genuine understanding of business processes must be at the heart of its digital strategy.
It has been ten years since the merger of the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise. A root and branch review of HMRC is now needed to ensure we have a department that is fit for purpose, writes Jonathan Riley (Grant Thornton).
The Coalition Agreement promised that the coalition government ‘will make every effort to tackle tax avoidance’. Graham Aaronson and Steve Bousher (Joseph Hage Aaronson) give an end of term report on the coalition’s record in dealing with tax avoidance
HMRC’s Director General for Business Tax, Jim Harra, talks about the department’s plans to incentivise agents to provide a service which benefits them, their clients and HMRC itself
Jennie Granger (HMRC) writes about the new approach of HMRC’s enforcement and compliance business.
Mr Osborne will be content with reaction to the Budget. It is far too soon to be confident, writes the FT's chief political commentator, Philip Stephens.
The government should declare victory on the policy objectives of the bank levy and now allow bank levy revenues to ‘free float’, writes Richard Milnes.
This month, UK VAT celebrates its 40th birthday. Here, practitioners reflect on VAT's evolution in the UK and the spread of consumption taxes across the globe
