HMRC has doubled its use of private sector bailiffs and debt collection agencies over the last two years as it takes more aggressive action to chase overdue tax, says national accountancy group UHY Hacker Young.
HMRC has published guidance on the way interest is calculated, since 19 May 2014, when PAYE payments are made late.
Jolyon Maugham considers the latest HMRC consultation paper on the direct recovery of tax debts
According to the Financial Times (28 April 2014), George Osborne ratcheted up the pressure on offshore tax evaders as he promised ‘tough action domestically’ and a pioneering global agreement on transparency.
Andrew Goldstone and Victoria Turner review recent developments in the private client sphere
No safe havens sets out an increasingly tough approach from HMRC on tackling avoidance on offshore income. Tina Riches asks whether it is now time for a proper debate on HMRC’s powers.
HMRC needs a change in approach rather than more powers if it is to improve its efforts to tackle tax evasion, according to tax professionals, following the release of HMRC’s updated strategy document No Safe Havens 2014
According to The Guardian (18 April 2014), Treasury minister David Gauke is overseeing controversial plans to allow HMRC to sell taxpayers’ details to private companies, a move that has been criticised as ‘borderline insane’ by senior Conservative MP David Davis.
The Law Society Tax Law Committee provides five recommendations on HMRC’s ‘judge and jury’ tax powers
For private clients, this Budget was ‘one of the most disturbing of recent times’, writes Robert Field.