More than 600 tax enquiries targeting people in the plumbing industry will be under way by the time the Plumbers Tax Safe Plan disclosure opportunity closes at the end of this month, HMRC have warned.
HMRC are inviting comments on a proposed contractual disclosure facility to tighten the department’s procedures for the civil investigation of fraud and identify taxpayers who are not ‘honestly engaged’ with the system.
Draft, detailed guidance on HMRC’s ‘refreshed’ Litigation and Settlements Strategy will be published shortly, HMRC have told Tax Journal.
HMRC have launched their fourth tax evasion task force in three months, declaring that ‘there is a problem with some fast food outlets deliberately falsifying their records and mis-declaring their true sales levels’.
Dave Hartnett, Permanent Secretary for Tax at HMRC, explains HMRC’s thinking behind their refreshed statement [expected to be released on 15 July] of the core LSS principles
Sue Walton reviews the lessons HMRC have learned from their alternative dispute resolution pilots, and sets out when mediation can have a useful role to play in the resolution of tax disputes
By Kevin Elliott and Julie Hughff, including a review of HMRC’s detailed guidance supporting the refreshed LSS [expected to be launched on 15 July]. Plus further insight from Jason Collins