Reporting suspicious activity might make accountants feel uncomfortable but the latest guidance from the National Crime Agency should help make it easier and more effective.
Reporting suspicious activity might make accountants feel uncomfortable but the latest guidance from the National Crime Agency should help make it easier and more effective.
HMRC has been publishing manuals intended for its staff since 1994, ranging from information to administrative guidance and, occasionally, advice. It is likely then that HMRC has included content in the manuals with the expectation that advisers will consult them.
HMRC’s email campaign to companies that have submitted annual tax on enveloped dwellings returns since 2018, seeks to encourage more accurate valuations of properties within a corporate wrapper.
For generations, we have been slaves to our timesheets. Is all that about to come to an end?
Almost anybody who has worked in the profession will, at some point, have cursed the person who invented timesheets.
HMRC service levels have fallen to an “unacceptably low level” and must be urgently addressed as part of the forthcoming Spring Budget statement, the UK’s accounting industry bodies have argued.
Follow these tips for success to avoid VAT registration being rejected or delayed.
Sir John Redwood is “afraid” IR35 legislation has deterred people from wanting to become Self-Employed in the UK.
The IR35 off-payroll legislation has endured a turbulent time recently after it was revealed it would be repealed in the September statement, but only a month later the decision was reversed by the newly appointed chancellor, Jeremy Hunt.
Many accountancy firms are starting to highlight that their clients are receiving “nudge letters” from HMRC regarding their R&D tax claims. But is there a need to be concerned?
A counsellor requested repayment of income tax and NIC while he attended a wellbeing practitioner course, but HMRC did not agree as the course was not full time and he did not receive a bursary.
Concerns about how the tax profession is regulated are justified says Ray McCann but, given the complex nature of tax, he feels that a new regulatory body is not the answer.