The long-awaited ESS tool was launched on 1st March 2017 by HMRC, with just over a month to go before the public sector will need to pay some contractors through… read more →
Jim Harra from HMRC gave evidence to the Scottish Finance & Constitution Committee last Wednesday and confirmed that HMRC had experienced issues in tracking down Scottish taxpayers that were only… read more →
In a hard hitting article published today (7th November 2016), the Financial Times has gathered data from various sources to compile a worrying picture of the risk to the roll… read more →
At the end of July, HMRC told some agents by email that there would be a change of process this year in respect of tax refunds generated by the P800… read more →
An issue has arisen over the last week with National Insurance numbers prefixed with KC. This is a new, valid, prefix that DWP have brought into use earlier than expected.… read more →
HMRC’s webinar on Agent Services on 19 May 2016 was illuminating both in what was said and what was glossed over. We learned that third party software will be required… read more →
Jon Thompson, the new Chief Executive of HMRC, has been set three key strategic objectives in HMRC’s departmental plan which has recently been updated: To maximise tax revenues due and… read more →
Pre-election purdah prevents civil servants from publishing material relating to the EU referendum. It runs from 27th May until 23rd June. However, it also seems to be an opportunity for… read more →
At the Autumn Statement last year George Osborne gave HMRC £1.3bn to make them ‘the most digitally advanced tax administration in the world by 2020′. Workshops followed post-Christmas and it… read more →
Last Thursday (10th March) HMRC announced on their PAYE service issues page, and to some software developers, that they had discovered an issue with Scottish income tax codes. This was… read more →
