A new online learning module is intended to raise awareness of HMRC’s power (contained in FA 2009 s 94) to publish the names and other details of people who are penalised for deliberately evading more than £25,000 of tax and who do not fully cooperate with a tax investigation.
HMRC is to launch six additional toolkits in the next two months, setting out how agents can reduce the likelihood of mistakes occurring in the preparation of clients’ tax returns.
Tax advisers expressed surprise that only 1,500 medical professionals made disclosures under HMRC’s Tax Health Plan (THP) by the 30 June deadline. HMRC told Tax Journal that there were over 2,000 ‘notifiers’ and the THP had yielded around £9 million.
Joseph Howard considers what constitutes 'cheating' the Revenue and how HMRC are likely to react
Review of the Budget by James Bullock and Jason Collins
Review of the Budget by Bill Dodwell
Your impartial need-to-know guide to the coalition Government's emergency Budget
Jason Collins on HMRC's use of the LSS
Richard Clarke and Jennifer Knowlson examine HMRC's lease premiums initiative
Stephen Besford examines whether HMRC's HNW unit has remained focused on its original purpose