by David Jones | Mar 31, 2022 | Business Tax, Opinion, Tax Investigations
If, like me, you’ve read the recent reports on tax debt by the National Audit Office (NAO) and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), you may have concluded that HMRC has pretty much thrown in the towel on chasing/collecting tax debts. In November 2021, the NAO issued...
by David Jones | Mar 17, 2022 | Self Assessment
This is a subject that I’ve banged on about before, but whenever this subject has been brought up in the past, usually by the Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC), HMRC have shed crocodile tears, promised to do better, but invariably any minor improvements they...
by David Jones | Feb 2, 2017 | Family Tax Credits, Self Assessment
HM Revenue & Customs plans to move most services for the public online, as part of their ‘Making Tax Digital’ campaign, could lead to another potentially disastrous decline in customer service, MPs have warned. HMRC plans to cut its customer service...
by David Jones | Dec 8, 2016 | Opinion, Personal Finance, Self Assessment
HM Revenue & Customs plans to move most services for the public online, as part of their ‘Making Tax Digital’ campaign, could lead to another potentially disastrous decline in customer service, MPs have warned. HMRC plans to cut its customer service staff by...
by David Jones | Sep 22, 2016 | Corporate Tax Planning, Real Time Information, Self Assessment
The Employment Allowance is designed to reduce the cost of class 1 NIC payable by the employer in respect of salaries of staff and directors. It was introduced as part of the National Insurance Act 2014, to provide an allowance to boost employment in small businesses....