HMRC have invited comments by 31 August 2011 on:
HMRC announced that they are discussing with ‘interested parties’ an initiative to ‘crack down on VAT rule breakers’. The campaign, to be launched later in the summer, will focus on individuals and businesses who are trading above the VAT threshold but have not yet registered for VAT.
Proposals to counter the marketing and use of ‘high risk’ tax avoidance schemes – still used by a small but significant number of taxpayers, according to HMRC – are set out in a new consultation document.
Any system of enrolment of professional tax agents must be overseen by an independent body, the CIOT’s new President warned as HMRC launched a consultation on the department’s future relationship with the tax agent community.
David Gauke, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, was voted 'Tax personality of the year' at last week’s LexisNexis Taxation Awards.
The government is seeking views on the impact on individuals and businesses of removing 36 tax reliefs.
David Gauke, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, set out the coalition government's tax priorities at a recent meeting of the Tax Journal Breakfast Club. The speech is reproduced here, and John Whiting, Francesca Lagerberg and Paul Morton offer their assessment of the government's progress.