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Creative industry and Making Tax Digital Talking Points
Creative industry and Making Tax Digital Talking Points
This week we have Talking Points events on tax reliefs for the creative industry sector and four events on MTD.
Employment Status Manual – new guidance on employment intermediaries added
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 …
Debt Management & Banking – Agent Dedicated Line
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 are coming
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 …
CIS updates and Helpcard
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 …
New look for HMRC online services
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 …
No excuse for not paying National Minimum Wage
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 …
HMRC Agent Toolkits – Survey findings and changes to functionality
Towards the end of November 2013 we ran an online survey to find out what agents think about HMRC Agent Toolkits We’ve reviewed the results and would like to share our key findings with you: Toolkits to help reduce errors: …
Moving and improving: HMRC website’s transition to GOV.UK
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 …
Agent Online Self Serve and Identity Assurance
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 …
Budget 2014
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 …