Hmrc

Sun Journalist And HMRC Press Officer Charged With Misconduct

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK

A Sun journalist and a press officer for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs will be charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office over ...

Why Are HMRC Workers To Go On Strike?

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.04.2013 | UK

Thousands of Revenue and Customs workers will go on strike tomorrow in the latest phase of months of industrial action by civil servants in a row over...

'Catastrophic Leadership Failure' Civil Servant Promoted To £180,000 Job

Posted 25.03.2013 | UK

An influential group of MPs has launched a scathing attack against the head of Britain's tax office for her "catastrophic leadership failure" when she...

Fraudsters Faked Hollywood Blockbuster Starring Andrea McLean In Tax Scam

PA | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK

Fraudsters who pretended to be behind a Hollywood blockbuster were forced to hastily make a film called A Landscape Of Lies on a shoestring budget in ...

Real Time Information - Still the SME Sector Is in the Dark and Implementation Date Looms

Jane Scott Paul | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK
Jane Scott Paul

The biggest change to the PAYE system since it came into operation over 65 years ago - Real Time Information (RTI) is the new system for reporting tax, NI and other details to HMRC and comes into effect in April.

LISTEN: Music To Do Your Tax Return By

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.01.2013 | UK Comedy

It's that time of year again. The time that we finally listen to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs' most famous employee - Moira Stuart - and fill in ...

Worst Tax Cheats Of 2012 Named And Shamed

Charlie Thomas | Posted 04.01.2013 | UK

The top tax criminals of 2012 have been revealed by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Serving a combined total of 155 years and 10 months behind bars, m...

More Than 1,500 People Did The Most Boring Thing EVER On Christmas Day..

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.12.2012 | UK

Maybe they aren't religious, hate their families or just found themselves with an hour to spare as the turkey roasted, but more than 1,500 did somethi...

Hanging On The Taxman's Telephone

PA | Posted 18.12.2012 | UK

The taxman has been condemned for delays in answering phone calls that have been costing callers £136 million a year. The National Audit Office (N...

How To Achieve Inner Peace

The Huffington Post | Christopher York | Posted 17.12.2012 | UK Politics

HM Revenue and Customs is to be renamed HM Relaxation and Condescension after apparently being taken over by peace-loving hippy types. Well, not re...

Ned Simons

Google's Ties To Tories Attacked As Eric Schmidt Says He Is 'Proud' Of Tax Avoidance

HuffingtonPost.com | Ned Simons | Posted 13.12.2012 | UK Politics

The Conservative Party's links to Google have come under fire after the internet giant's boss said he was "proud" of his company's tax avoidance schem...

Starbucks To Pay £10m Corporation Tax For Next Two Years

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.12.2012 | UK

Starbucks has said it will pay "somewhere in the range of £10 million" in UK corporation tax for each of the next two years. The US coffee firm - ...

Starbucks 'In Talks With HMRC Over Tax Approach'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.12.2012 | UK

Starbucks has said it is in talks with HM Revenue and Customs over its financial practices after coming under fire for paying no corporation tax in th...

Tony Blair's Office U-Turns Over Intern Pay

Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.11.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Tony Blair's private office has said it will pay interns the minimum wage after the former prime minister was reported to HM Revenue and Customs over ...

Tony Blair's Office Reported To Tax Authorities Over Unpaid Interns

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Tony Blair's private office has been reported to tax authorities over its use of unpaid interns, after a graduate revealed he was rejected as he could...

Child Benefit Changes Could Cause Considerable Complications

Anita Monteith | Posted 29.12.2012 | UK Politics
Anita Monteith

ICAEW is worried we are going to see the same operational problems arising that we saw for tax credits - especially for those with fluctuating incomes. We want a simplified tax system that is as clear and efficient as possible. However as you can see from the issues raised, this charge will add considerable complications.

Terminally Ill Alice's Bucket List Blogger In Benefits Row

PA | Posted 20.09.2012 | UK

Terminally ill internet star Alice Pyne has been told that her mother's child benefit could be taken away unless she goes to college. Alice, 16, ca...

Customs Under Fire For £1bn Alcohol Tax Evasion Failures

PA | Posted 29.08.2012 | UK Politics

Customs officials have been criticised for failing to crack down on criminal gangs who dodge alcohol tax at an estimated cost to the Treasury of more ...

Rogues' Gallery: Meet Britain's 20 Most-Wanted Tax Dodgers

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.08.2012 | UK

HMRC has released a rogues' gallery of Britain's 20 most-wanted 'tax dodgers', who are accused of fleeing the UK while owing the government millions o...

Tax Dodging: It's Time to Widen the UK Debate

Rachel Baird | Posted 30.09.2012 | UK
Rachel Baird

If the UK government is actually serious about tackling tax dodging, then it should be working with other countries to tackle the international dimensions of the problem, as well as chasing relatively esay, media-friendly villains such as tradesmen and 'cowboy' tax advisers in the UK.

Treasury Minister: Tax Avoidance Debate Has Become 'Increasingly Hysterical'

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 23.07.2012 | UK Politics

Arguments about tax deals reached between government and big companies like Vodafone have become "increasingly hysterical", Treasury minister David Ga...

Margaret Hodge Accuses HMRC Of 'Letting Large Corporations Off Paying Large Sums'

PA | Posted 27.06.2012 | UK

The chairman of an influential Westminster spending watchdog today accused the tax authorities of letting large corporations off paying large sums of ...

No Joke: Cameron Brands Jimmy Carr's Tax Arrangements 'Morally Wrong'

PA | Posted 21.06.2012 | UK Politics

UPDATE: Jimmy Carr apologises for "error of judgement" over tax affairs Prime Minister David Cameron today branded comedian Jimmy Carr "morally wro...

Take That Members 'Use Tax Avoidance Scheme'

Posted 20.06.2012 | UK

HMRC has said they are clamping down on a scheme allegedly used for tax avoidance following reports that members of Take That have allegedly invested ...

HMRC Workers To Strike Over Job Cuts

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.08.2012 | UK Politics

Workers at HM Revenue and Customs have voted to take industrial action in a row over jobs and privatisation, adding to the growing number of disputes ...