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HMRC is unable to answer FOI request on the Lagarde list, writes John Barnett (Burges Salmon).
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).
If the new government wants to raise tax receipts without raising rates, could changes to payment due dates provide the answer? Andrew Hubbard (Baker Tilly) explains.
The CIOT, ATT and LITRG have all welcomed a comprehensive HMRC review on tax penalties. They have each submitted responses to HMRC penalties: a discussion document published on 2 February 2015, which called for comments by 11 May.
Twelve people were arrested in the latest clampdown on tax fraud launched this week by HMRC. The new tax fraud taskforce targets individuals and organised criminal gangs across the UK believed to have fraudulently claimed repayments to which they were not entitled.
According to Baker Tilly, more than 6,000 tax defaulters were referred to a special HMRC monitoring unit in 2014/15 – a 30% increase on the year before – in a sign that HMRC is getting much tougher on those who deliberately seek to default on their tax liabilities.