In the past, employment intermediaries were often used to disguise people’s employment status as self employed - when they were in fact, employees. In the Finance Bill 2014, the Government introduced legislation to prevent these attempts to avoid paying national …
We are pleased to tell you that a new Enforcement & Compliance, Debt Management & Banking (DMB) Agent Dedicated Line opens today, 28 April 2014. As its name suggests, this helpline is intended for the sole use of agents with …
Annual Tax Summaries begin from October. Your clients may start to hear about these and ask you about them. Tax Summaries are part of the Government’s commitment to creating a more transparent personal tax system, one that shows individual taxpayers …
We have introduced improvements to help you and your clients operate the Construction Industry Scheme and make the process for obtaining a CIS repayment quicker and more streamlined. We know from conversations and meetings we’ve had with agents that CIS …
In early April, you’ll notice that our online services are headed differently - which might make you wonder whether you’re looking at the genuine HMRC website. You will be. The changes are being introduced because more of our services will …
Earlier this year I blogged about changes being made to the penalty regime for employers who don’t pay the National Minimum Wage (NMW). To coincide with NMW’s 15th anniversary, HMRC has revealed this year’s 10 worst excuses for not paying …
As you may have heard, HMRC’s web guidance and tools are moving to the cross-Government GOV.UK website, where customers will be able to access all Government information and services in one place. GOV.UK provides a clearer, faster way for people …
The introduction of new digital services for agents through Agent Online Self Serve (AOSS) is closely linked to the cross-government Identity Assurance (IDA) programme. IDA will enable people and organisations to let government departments know, safely and securely, that …
On Thursday 19 March, the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his fifth Budget Statement to Parliament. All information published by the government relating to the budget can be found on the Budget 2014 page of GOV.UK. Following public feedback from …
What is Digital Self Assessment? Even though nearly 85 per cent of Self Assessment (SA) customers file returns online, we still send out 44 million letters a year. HMRC’s new Digital SA service will replace these letters with digital …
