The increasing sophistication of bank scams means that customers who lose money to such schemes should not automatically be blamed, the Financial Ombudsman Service has said. Caroline Wayman, Chief Ombudsman and Chief Executive of the Financial Ombudsman Service, said: “It’s not fair to automatically call a customer grossly negligent simply because they’ve fallen for a… Read more…

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced a pair of penalty systems for late filing and late payment under Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT, which is due to come into effect in April 2019. Late filing will attract penalty points, which will accrue on the basis of how late the filing is and how… Read more…

A new study has revealed that in the last three months the number of SMEs predicting they could close has doubled from five per cent to 10 per cent. Produced by Hitachi Capital Business Finance, the report makes for worrying readying as the proportion of small business owners reporting their concerns about business failure have… Read more…

With the price of fuel going up, employees and businesses will welcome new changes to the fuel advisory rates, which from 1 September 2018 have slightly increased on the previous quarter for some vehicles. Advisory fuel rates from 1 September 2018 Engine size Petrol – amount per mile LPG – amount per mile 1400cc or… Read more…

On 19 September 2016 HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) decided to stop sending out paper copies of several important documents relating to Corporation Tax. Despite this move taking place nearly two years ago, a quick search online indicates that many taxpayers are not aware that HMRC has changed some of its administration procedures for Corporation… Read more…

Taxpayers with undeclared offshore tax liabilities, including Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax or Inheritance Tax, are obligated to disclose these liabilities to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) on or before 30 September 2018 under HM Revenue & Customs’ Requirement to Correct (RTC) regime. The same rules apply to taxpayers with undeclared UK tax liabilities that… Read more…

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has published data which reveals that more than 100,000 first-time buyers have benefited from Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) reforms announced at the last Budget. During the period until 30 June this year, 121,500 first-time buyers saved a combined total of £284 million according to HMRC. First-time buyers who purchase… Read more…

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has finally issued a new notice on Making Tax Digital for VAT in which it has clarified many of the questions that businesses had. VAT notice 700/22: Making Tax Digital for VAT has been created to act as a point-by-point guide to the new regime and includes new advice from… Read more…

New figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have revealed that the tax authority brought in a total of £605.8 billion in the year to April 2018 – an increase of nearly £30 billion on the previous year. This 5.4 per cent increase in the Revenue’s tax collection over the previous year includes: £186 billion… Read more…

Figures published by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) show that 20,750 malicious websites have been taken down over the last year – 29 per cent more than in the previous year. Although it has brought in cutting-edge technology to tackle the problem, the Revenue is warning the public to remain alert, as substantial amounts of… Read more…