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  • A recent seizure made by HMRC

    Cigarette tax gap halved

    A new report published today shows HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has slashed the tax gap on illicit cigarettes and tobacco by more than half since 2005. Between April 2023 and March 2024 HMRC also secured prison sentences totalling 148 years against 107 cigarette and tobacco fraudsters.

  • Need to register for Self Assessment? Top 5 myths - debunked

    Need to register for Self Assessment? Top 5 myths - debunked

    Anyone who needs to complete a Self Assessment tax return for the first time to cover the 2023 to 2024 tax year, should tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by 5 October 2024. There’s plenty of myths about who needs to file a Self Assessment return before the 31 January 2025 deadline and HMRC today debunks some of the most common ones. Myth 1: “HMRC hasn’t been in touch, so I don’t need to file"

  • Extend Child Benefit for your teen by 31 August

    Extend Child Benefit for your teen by 31 August

    Parents have less than two weeks to tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) their 16-19 year-old is continuing education or training, or their Child Benefit payments will stop. Hundreds of thousands of teenagers will decide on their future this week as they receive their GCSE results on Thursday (22 August 2024).

  • HMRC to move to No.1 The Goodsyard in Portsmouth city centre

    HMRC to move to No.1 The Goodsyard in Portsmouth city centre

    No.1 The Goodsyard, part of a new development on Station Street, Portsmouth, is set to become the new location for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
    The state-of-the-art Portsmouth office will be a government hub and HMRC’s 14th regional centre. It will accommodate approximately 1,250 HMRC and Marine Management Organisation (MMO) employees in the city, an increase of more than 350 full time roles

  • Stephen Hirst and Michael Hirst

    Brothers sentenced for offshore tax scam

    Two brothers, Stephen and Michael Hirst, have been sentenced for a 3.2 million offshore tax scam. The brothers used offshore companies to hide money from the sale of land in Wakefield, to evade tax. They were given the chance to pay what was owed through a Contractual Disclosure Facility but failed to do so.

  • HMRC launches VAT Registration Estimator

    HMRC launches VAT Registration Estimator

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has launched a digital tool to help businesses estimate what registering for VAT may mean for them.
    The VAT Registration Estimator has been developed after feedback from small businesses suggested an online tool would be helpful to show when their turnover could require businesses to register for VAT and its effect on profits.
    A business must register for VAT i

  • Ehsan-Ul-Haque Dawood Patel and Hifzurrehman Patel

    Leicester rag trade fraudsters jailed

    The directors of a Leicester clothing company that supplied well known high street and online retailers have been jailed for a £1.3 million tax fraud.

  • Shahid Mohammad

    Car finance fraudster jailed

    A gang that set up 90 bogus companies in a bid to steal more than £800,000 in a VAT and car finance fraud have been sentenced to more than 10 years.

  • 300,000 file tax returns in the first week of the tax year

    300,000 file tax returns in the first week of the tax year

    Almost 300,000 Self Assessment customers filed their tax return in the first week of the new tax year, almost 10 months ahead of the deadline, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed.
    Customers can file their Self Assessment returns for the 2023 to 2024 tax year between 6 April 2024 and 31 January 2025.
    Almost 70,000 people filed their return on the opening day this year (6 April) and HM

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