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Where Taxpayers and Advisers Meet
HMRC announcements: week ending 16 November2007
16/11/2007, by Sarah Laing, Tax News - HMRC Administration, Practice and Methods
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A quick guide to recent additions to the HM Revenue & Customs website.

Week ending 16 November

What’s new?

  • The new claim form IHT216 to claim a transfer of unused Inheritance tax nil rate band has been amended and is now available to download;
  • SDLT Practitioners' Newsletter, issue 19;
  • Revised leaflet COP26 - What happens if we have paid you too much tax credit?;
  • Updated list of workshops and presentations for employers requiring help and advice with online filing;
  • Information regarding changes to share scheme returns for 2007/08 and later years;
  • A report entitled Security in a Global Hub – Establishing the UK’s new border arrangements, which sets out how the Government will establish a new border organisation;
  • Double taxation conventions - A first-time comprehensive double taxation convention between the UK and the Republic of Slovenia has been signed. A new UK/Moldova Double Taxation Convention and Protocol has also been signed but has not yet entered into force;
  • Information regarding the National Insurance Contributions Bill, which has now been introduced in the House of Commons;
  • Update to Online Services questions and answers;
  • Notice that letters have been sent to all employers who submitted their 2006-07 Employer Annual Return on time, but who received an incorrect penalty notice, explaining that the incorrect penalty has been cancelled;
  • National Non-Resident Recovery Unit Financial Review form 77 has been updated and is now available to be filled in on screen;
  • Revised VAT Notice 700/1: Should I be registered for VAT?, which cancels and replaces the May 2002 version; and
  • VAT Notice 367, Update 2, October 2007: Importing commercial samples of negligible value free of duty and VAT.

Manuals updated in November

Savings and Investment Manual
Oil Technical Manual (new manual)
Company Taxation Manual
National Insurance Manual
Insolvency Manual
Capital Gains Manual

Links

HMRC: What’s new
HMRC: Working Together: What's new
HMRC: Tax credits: What's new
HMRC: Online Services: News

About The Author

Sarah Laing
Editor, TaxationWeb News

Sarah is a Chartered Tax Adviser. She has been writing professionally since joining CCH Editions in 1998 as a Senior Technical Editor, contributing to a range of highly regarded publications including the British Tax Reporter, Taxes - The Weekly Tax News, the Red & Green legislation volumes, Hardman's, International Tax Agreements and many others. She became Publishing Manager for the tax and accounting portfolio in 2001 and later went on to help run CCH Seminars (including ABG Courses and Conferences).

Sarah originally worked for the Inland Revenue in Newbury and Swindon Tax Offices, before moving out into practice in 1991. She has worked for both small and Big 5 firms. She now works as a freelance author providing technical writing services for the tax and accountancy profession.

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