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  • Have you been taxed for your summer job?

    Have you been taxed for your summer job?

    Taking on a summer job as a student not only looks great on your CV after you’ve graduated – it gives you real work experience in your chosen field and gives you a feel of what your dream job is really like day-to-day.
    One of the things it might also introduce you is one of the realities of being an adult – tax.
    However, if you have taken a summer job and feel a sinking feeling when you rece

  • New help for small businesses launched

    New help for small businesses launched

    A new online tax forum and dedicated webchat service for small businesses and the self-employed is being launched today by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

  • Tax credit renewal – one week to go

    Tax credit renewal – one week to go

    With just one week to go until the 31 July tax credit renewal deadline, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging the 960,000 customers that are still to renew to do it now – or risk having their payments stopped.

  • HMRC launches new Fraud Hotline

    HMRC launches new Fraud Hotline

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has launched a new hotline for the public to report fraud and evasion in the fight against tax fraud.
    The HMRC Fraud Hotline - on 0800 788 887 – is open between 8am - 8pm seven days a week, 365 days a year.
    This service will replace the two separate tax evasion and customs hotlines with one, streamlining HMRC’s intelligence gathering on tax fraud.
    Customers

  • It is the responsibility of any business who purchases alcohol for onward sale or supply to check that the wholesaler they use is operating legitimately.

    Launch of register of approved UK alcohol wholesalers

    1 April 2017 marked the launch of an online service that will allow those who purchase alcohol for onward sale to check that their UK wholesaler is approved under the Alcohol Wholesale Registration Scheme (AWRS).

  • No artful dodge for film scheme

    No artful dodge for film scheme

    HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has won a tax avoidance case against film partnership schemes that acquired interests in films that included The Queen and the Roman Polanski remake of Oliver Twist, protecting more than £26m of taxpayers’ money.

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