Pubs, clubs, restaurants and other retail businesses remaining open past midnight on New Year’s Eve will be allowed to continue charging VAT at 15% on their sales ... Continue Reading
Offshore tax dodgers are being warned they have one final chance to come clean, or face the consequences, in a hard-hitting YouTube video launched by HM Revenue ... Continue Reading
LITRG express concern that HMRC’s proposals to tackle employment status fraud in the construction industry will penalise the low-paid unrepresented worker more ... Continue Reading
Three financial advisers were amongst eight people jailed for their part in a VAT fraud amounting to almost £2million. The eight were part of a gang of eleven ... Continue Reading
The leader of a gang of duty free shoppers, who never even boarded their international flights, was jailed for 15 months on 22 October. He bought cheap air tickets ... Continue Reading
In a case involving Swiss Re, The European Court of Justice (‘ECJ’) yesterday ruled that VAT is now liable on the sale of reinsurance contracts. This is a ... Continue Reading
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group comments on a recent report which finds that 1.5 milllion pensioners are overpaying tax. Introduction The National Audit Office ... Continue Reading
A record 83,000 scam emails offering fake tax refunds were reported to HMRC in September. The online attacks, known as ‘phishing’, have continued this month, ... Continue Reading
LITRG find a problem with the HMRC campaign to improve take-up of Working Tax Credit among people without children.IntroductionHMRC have launched a take-up campaign ... Continue Reading
Over 468,000 mums-to-be have benefited from the new Heath in Pregnancy Grant – worth £190 – since it was launched in April 2009.The Heath in Pregnancy Grant ... Continue Reading
