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HMRC loses IR35 case

  A contractor in the construction industry, Mark Daniels, has won his appeal against HMRC. In MDCM Ltd v Revenue & Customs, HMRC were defending their decision that a contract between Mr Daniels’ personal service company MDMC Ltd and recruitment agency Solutions, which provided his services to Structure Tone Ltd,  should have been caught by…

HMRC “Connect”: Now checking businesses that should VAT register.

We have known since 2010 that HMRC has a computer programme, called “Connect”, that is collecting data from a variety of sources about taxpayers, and then using this intelligence to check on correct tax compliance. We have known that these data sources include Banks, Social Media, DVLA, Local Authorities, Foreign Tax Jurisdictions and Land Registry.…

Capital Gains Tax when you sell your house – make sure you disclose all the facts to HMRC

HMRC’s ongoing scrutiny of private residence relief is in the news again, with another case going before the First Tier Tribunal. Mr & Mrs Ritchie were partially successful in their claim for relief on the sale of their home, which cost them less than £200,000 but which they sold to a developer for £2 million.…

Renewal Premiums

Tax Investigation Insurance: Premiums for 2017-18 policy year. Prices unchanged from the previous year:   Limited companies with turnover >£20m                    POA Limited companies with turnover £10m to £20m     £540 Limited companies with turnover < £10m                   £185 Partnerships and LLP’s                                                     £155 Sole traders                                                                         £100 Private clients                                                                       £40 Our tax investigation insurance business is…

Latest HMRC Campaign

Untaxed Interest Letter from HMRC: Are you one of the ‘lucky’ ones? HMRC have recently sent out 10,000 letters to individual taxpayers whose Self Assessment Tax returns indicate that they have been in receipt of untaxed interest in the 2014/15 tax year. The letter invites the taxpayer to reconsider the entries on their return, to…

Insurance Renewal

Tax Investigation Insurance: Premiums for 2016-17 policy year. Premiums wef 1 April 2016: Limited companies with turnover > £10m …… £540 Limited companies with turnover < £10m …… £185 Partnerships and LLP’s ……………………………. £155 Sole traders ……………………………………………. £100 Private clients……………………………………………..£40 Our tax investigation insurance business is administered from our Bury St Edmunds office(Contact: Jill Holt).

Tax Revenues

Tax Investigations Insurance: £800 million more for HMRC, to close the ‘tax gap’. Among the many announcements affecting HMRC and the way it administers the tax system in future years, Chancellor George Osborne has pledged £800 million of funding for additional work to tackle tax evasion and non-compliance. The aim is to raise an additional…

Tax Whistle-blowers

Tax Dodgers Beware: HMRC makes record payments to informants. Our Fee Protection insurers report that HMRC made payments of £605,000 to informants in the year to March, up 50% on the previous year. Around 100,000 calls were made to HMRC’s confidential telephone hotline over the last year. Finding sufficient supporting information to justify following up…

HMRC Intelligence

HMRC “Connect” System: Big brother is watching you ! HMRC is gathering an increasing amount of data from a variety of sources about taxpayers using its “Connect” system. Since 2010 HMRC has collected information from organisations such as the banks, the DVLA, local authorities and foreign tax jurisdictions, and uses it to build up a…

Tax Enquiry Risk Mitigation

Tax Investigation Insurance: premiums for 2015-16 policy year Premiums wef 1 April 2015: Limited companies with turnover > £10m …… £525 Limited companies with turnover < £10m …… £180 Partnerships and LLP’s ……………………………. £150 Sole traders ……………………………………………. £100 Our tax investigation insurance business is administered from our Bury St Edmunds office(Contact: Jill Holt).