Government Spending Review measures include using commercial debt collection agencies to target tax credits error, fraud and debt. LITRG fears claimants will ... Continue Reading
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is encouraging students and school or college leavers to check they are not overpaying their taxes. Introduction Students ... Continue Reading
TW Ed wonders if anyone comes out of the tax avoidance debate unscathed. Nobody wants to pay more tax than they have to, right? That, or more correctly ... Continue Reading
LITRG welcomes the move to 0300 numbers for HMRC’s VAT, National Insurance, income tax and self assessment helplines. These should result in better services ... Continue Reading
I must admit to being a trifle astonished at last week's events, for various reasons. Astonishing #1 It seems, for instance, that some people - people ... Continue Reading
Mark McLaughlin CTA (Fellow) ATT TEP points out that HMRC business economics exercises on cash based businesses need to be looked at carefully. Introduction Owners ... Continue Reading
LITRG's Kelly Sizer and Victoria Todd want HMRC to do more to help people to avoid mistakes in their Tax Credits claims. Distinguishing between ‘error’ ... Continue Reading
Peter Vaines of Squire Sanders highlights some recent and apparently contradictory judgments from the Tribunals in his May Tax Update. Good News for Capital ... Continue Reading
A CGT charge may arise on the disposal of land. In order to calculate the capital gain or loss arising, a valuation is required where: •the land was ... Continue Reading
Is the Public Accounts Committee deliberately steering clear of over-complicating tax matters, asks TW Ed. I suspect I am not the first person to have questioned ... Continue Reading
