The CIOT, ATT and LITRG have all welcomed a comprehensive HMRC review on tax penalties. They have each submitted responses to HMRC penalties: a discussion document published on 2 February 2015, which called for comments by 11 May.
The Scottish Tax Tribunals (Time Limits and Rules of Procedure) Regulations, SSI 2015/184, come into force on 1 June 2015.
According to Baker Tilly, more than 6,000 tax defaulters were referred to a special HMRC monitoring unit in 2014/15 – a 30% increase on the year before – in a sign that HMRC is getting much tougher on those who deliberately seek to default on their tax liabilities.
Reasonable excuse: agent’s late registration
Reasonable excuse: IT issues
The Law Society has released a position paper expressing its belief that, in recent years, there has been a tendency on the part of government to allow the rule of law in taxation to risk being eroded in the interests of making the executive more effective, and makes a number of proposals as to h
75 in-house tax directors and heads of tax from large companies share their views on the coalition government's tax policies and priorities for a new government.
What is the view from business on the coalition government’s tax policies, and what should be the tax priorities for the new government? We report views from 75 in-house tax directors and heads of tax, in response to a recent Tax Journal / Pinsent Masons survey
The Coalition Agreement promised that the coalition government ‘will make every effort to tackle tax avoidance’. Graham Aaronson and Steve Bousher (Joseph Hage Aaronson) give an end of term report on the coalition’s record in dealing with tax avoidance
HMRC figures show that it is getting tougher on those filing incorrect tax returns, putting greater numbers of people at risk of being named and shamed, says Baker Tilly.