by David Jones | Jun 8, 2023 | Business Tax, Payroll Services
Our wonderful shadowy army of tax officials have truly excelled themselves this time by issuing over £300 million in IR35 penalties to other government departments, thus effectively fining themselves. This came to light when a government body, UK Research &...
by David Jones | Aug 4, 2022 | Self Assessment
HMRC has recently announced a massive expansion of the data it collects from taxpayers; but can this huge data grab be justified and what effects will it have on businesses and individual taxpayers? HMRC’s plan covers 6 areas where they claim that the additional data...
by David Jones | Apr 14, 2022 | Payroll Services, Personal Finance, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
HMRC just cannot accept that their interpretation of the rules governing IR35, is not what the law actually says, as has been evidenced by a flurry of court decisions in recent weeks. First, we had Lorraine Kelly, best known for her eponymous programme on ITV...
by David Jones | Aug 9, 2019 | Opinion, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
Today I’m reporting two recent Tax Tribunal cases concerning HMRC’s seemingly obsessive pursuit of high profile Radio and TV presenters and their attempts shoehorn these celebrities into their own peculiar interpretation of the IR35 rules. This week’s Blog concerns...
by David Jones | Oct 25, 2018 | Self Assessment
HMRC is challenging the pay ITV host Eamonn Holmes received through his limited company. If Holmes is found to be in breach of IR35 rules, it is believed his company’s tax bill could be in the region of £2m. In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, the...
David Jones is the Senior Partner and Founder of Morgan Jones & Company. Born in Liverpool and an Accountancy graduate of the University of Wolverhampton, David spent twenty years working for the Customs & Excise in London then Shrewsbury before starting his own business. David's depth of knowledge of the UK tax system and his ability to communicate this learning has seen Morgan Jones & Company grow into Shropshire's most respected Accountancy Practice. Email David