Like all public bodies, HMRC must comply with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Iain Macleod considers information provided in connection with the policy on accelerated payment notices
Isobel Clift answers a query on HMRC information powers and close company enquiries
HMRC’s Lin Homer faced questions on HMRC’s proposed new direct recovery of tax debt powers at her appearing before the Treasury Select Committee on 8 July, with Liberal Democrat MP John Thurso, suggesting that the new powers would ‘breach the Magna Carta’.
Helen Adams provides suggestions on what to do if a client receives an HMRC letter about a low effective rate of tax
HMRC has strengthened its organisational approach to tax avoidance by creating a new Counter-Avoidance Directorate. We talk to David Richardson, its first director, about its operation
HMRC’s Fast facts online publication trumpets ‘record revenues’ for the UK, but the department should be careful in the way it puts its message across, writes Andrew Hubbard
Frank Nash highlights HMRC’s ‘seven deadly weapons’
HMRC has doubled its use of private sector bailiffs and debt collection agencies over the last two years as it takes more aggressive action to chase overdue tax, says national accountancy group UHY Hacker Young.
HMRC has published guidance on the way interest is calculated, since 19 May 2014, when PAYE payments are made late.
Jolyon Maugham considers the latest HMRC consultation paper on the direct recovery of tax debts