More than £25 billion of tax was ‘under consideration’ in HMRC’s Large Business Service (LBS) enquiries at 31 March 2011, but the department emphasised that the estimate did not represent tax owed or unpaid.
Most large business ‘customers’ of HMRC continue to be satisfied with the overall service provided by the department, according to a survey conducted late last year and published last week on HMRC’s website.
Bank loans to corporate borrowers are often supported by guarantees from related companies. Lydia Challen and Tim Harrop identify the principal tax issues on the provision of such a guarantee, from its creation to its termination
Company providing rented housing – whether a charity
Company submitting unsigned accounts
HMRC have released two new toolkits for tax agents, providing guidance on areas of possible error in tax returns.
The new toolkits cover company losses and chargeable gains for companies.
The value of the retail prices index for March 2011 is 232.5.
HMRC are reminding companies and organisations that from 1 April 2011 they must submit returns online (for any accounting period ending after 31 March 2010) and pay any corporation tax electronically. See:
James Bullock reviews the Budget 2011 Tax Proposals
The Tackling Tax Avoidance strategy document is a useful summary of how HMRC are trying to strangle tax avoidance at birth, and if that does not work how it will hunt down avoiders and ultimately put them through costly litigation.