‘Is the government tough on avoidance? It has produced a report on an anti-avoidance rule. Who did it ask to develop this – a member of HMRC perhaps, or a barrister used by HMRC to combat avoidance?
HMRC will be forced to defend itself in court against an allegation that it gave a ‘sweetheart tax deal’ to Goldman Sachs, The Guardian reported today.
‘We are aware that over the last few days the steady improvement in contact centre service since 2010 has slipped,’ HMRC said in a statement posted on its website today. ‘We are determined to reverse that.’
Aaronson found that among tax representative bodies there was 'unanimous disapproval, indeed distaste, for egregious tax avoidance schemes'.
HMRC is one of ten employers engaged in the department’s Real Time Information pilot launched yesterday. All employers and pension providers will be required by October 2013 to provide PAYE information during the year.
HMRC has published its guidance on the litigation and settlement strategy relaunched last July. The draft guidance was well received, HMRC said, with ‘very few comments on the actual material’.
HMRC has updated its list of concessions previously operated by the Inland Revenue.
Issue 47 of HMRC’s Working Together was published on 28 March and includes articles on:
HMRC’s online services will be affected by scheduled upgrades during the next two weeks. Employers using PAYE online later today may find that acknowledgements are delayed.
Any bank told that HMRC considers it has not complied with the Code of Practice on Taxation for Banks will be expected to acknowledge HMRC’s view in any public pronouncements that the bank makes on its operation of the code, according to a new ‘