Over 93% of taxpayers file tax returns by the deadline
A total of 93.68% of Self Assessment tax returns – a new record – were completed by yesterday’s midnight deadline, reveals HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
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241,300 new homeowners benefit from stamp duty tax relief
More than 241,000 first time buyers have pocketed the cash they would have spent on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) for their new homes, statistics published by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) reveal.
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3.5 million taxpayers have one week left to file their tax returns
More than 3.5 million customers have just one week left to complete their Self Assessment tax returns and pay any tax owed, warns HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
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Start a new saving habit in 2019 and get a 50% boost - New app tool to help savers set goals and personal reminders
Start a new saving habit in 2019 and get a 50% boost - New app tool to help savers set goals and personal reminders
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From witches to family holidays, weird and wonderful Self Assessment excuses and expenses
Most of our customers complete their tax returns honestly and on time but every year HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) receives some outlandish excuses and expense claims.
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Thousands of sellers red-flagged to online marketplaces reveals HMRC
Over 4,600 online sellers have been red-flagged to marketplaces for tax evasion during the last two years, reveals HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). As a result, many sellers have had their online stores deleted.
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New Year – New Business ‘Tis the Season to Be Entrepreneurial by the Rt Hon Mel Stride Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
Fans of The Apprentice will know that Swimwear designer Sian Gabbidon was chosen as the winner of The Apprentice 2018 by Lord Sugar earlier this month. The 26-year-old, from Leeds, beat nut milk entrepreneur Camilla Ainsworth, to win a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar in her swimwear company.
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Helping Hand to Set Up New Businesses
More than 200,000 new businesses have used a new one-stop cross-government service allowing new start-ups to register their company and also register for tax at the same time.
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Self Assessment deadline: less than one month to go
Around 5,542,000 taxpayers have less than a month to complete their Self Assessment tax returns before the 31 January deadline.
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HMRC announces Top 10 prosecutions of 2018
Smugglers, potential arms dealers and globe-trotting tax fugitives all feature in HM Revenue and Customs top ten criminal cases of 2018.
This year’s list once again demonstrates HMRC’s relentless pursuit of tax criminals and shows the lengths some individuals will go to steal money destined to support important public services.
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Turkey dinner and tax returns
Completing your tax return may not be top of your priorities on Christmas Day, but that didn’t stop 2,616 taxpayers from filing their Self Assessment returns on 25 December.
For some taxpayers completing their return on Christmas Day is as traditional as spending time with family and friends, or waiting for the Boxing Day sales to start. The peak time was between 1pm and 2pm, when more than 230 -
Christmas bonus for millions of workers
Millions of employees in the service industry could collect an early Christmas present from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Workers including nurses, hairdressers, construction workers and those in retail and food may be able to claim rebates.
Staff in these types of roles sometimes have to dip into their own pockets to pay for work-related expenses like car mileage, replacing or repairing sm
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