Tax
Scams growing as tax deadline looms
A record 83,000 scam emails offering fake tax refunds were reported to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in September. What’s more, use of the technique, known as phishing, seems to be growing in the run-up to the 31 October deadline for paper self-assessment tax returns, with an unprecedented 10,000 reports of the fraud made to HMRC on one day alone.
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Tax refund? Not likely!
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Watch out for the online fraudsters' latest scam, says Simon Read
Don't lose out with a last-minute tax return
Saturday, 3 October 2009
With postal workers set to go on strike, any delay in posting your form could result in a hefty fine.
Storm over tax 'amnesty' security checks
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Measures to get Britons to own up to unpaid tax held in offshore bank accounts have come under criticism for poor security. Commercial law firm McGrigors warns that the new tax amnesty registration system is open to abuse.
HMRC late-tax penalty rise is 'clawing money from taxpayers'
Sunday, 20 September 2009
HM Revenue & Customs has been accused of introducing a sneaky and unnecessary interest rate hike on late payment of taxes. Accountants UHY Hacker Young pointed out that HMRC is hiking the rate of interest payable on late taxes to 3 per cent on the majority of taxes from 29 September. It currently stands at 2.5 per cent.
The tax crackdown that could net you £700 a year
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Governments are being urged to shake up the way tax havens operate before the next G20 meeting later this summer, writes Neasa MacErlean
Taxman gets power to raid paycheques
Sunday, 21 June 2009
New powers allowing HM Revenue & Customs to deduct £2,000 a year from taxpayers' salaries to recover tax debts could cause many taxpayers financial hardship and leave other creditors out of pocket, the accountancy group UHY Hacker Young has warned.
Sean O'Grady: High taxes could cause exodus to England
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Radical as the Calman proposals may seem to the UK, such differential rates of taxation are a routine fact of economic life in almost every federal polity in the world and indeed for any taxpayer or business operating near an international border.
HMRC leaves taxpayers out of pocket with delays on refunds
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Thousands of struggling taxpayers are waiting up to three months or more for repayments of tax from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) as a result of new random security checks, accountants have warned.
Save on tax by working from home
Sunday, 10 May 2009
Extra costs can be deducted. Chiara Cavaglieri reports
Julian Knight: Rich set up as budget fall guys
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Sub clause of the budget document contains an interesting little titbit. In future, wealthy tax evaders face being named and shamed on the HM Revenue & Customs website. I wonder how many celebrities and captains of industry will fall foul of this, also what about the chance of making a mistake and defaming someone – very shaky legal territory.
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