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  • Deadline day for paper tax returns

    There are just days left to send your 2012/13 paper tax return to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), if you want to beat the 31 October deadline and avoid a penalty.

  • Tackling tax credits error and fraud

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has today opened discussions with the commercial sector about how it could help to reduce tax credits error and fraud. This follows a short trial earlier this year with a private sector supplier.

  • VAT cheats crackdown

    Tax cheats in Scotland and Northern Ireland who try to fraudulently reclaim VAT are being targeted as part of an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) taskforce.

  • 2011-12 tax gap figures published

    Figures released by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) today estimate the tax gap for 2011-12 at 7 per cent (£35 billion) of tax due, continuing a long-term downward trend.

  • Clampdown on tax avoidance on UK property

    Under new regulations published today, for the first time schemes designed to get around the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings will have to be disclosed to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

  • One week left to settle past tax bills

    Taxpayers who have failed to submit tax returns for past years have one week left to come forward and take advantage of an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) campaign.

  • Tax opportunity for landlords to put house in order

    Landlords who rent out residential property, and fail to tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about all the rental income, are being offered the chance to come forward and put their tax affairs straight – before HMRC comes to them.

  • Tax crackdown for security industry

    Tax cheats in the private security industry are being targeted as part of the next wave of taskforces launched today by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

  • RTI letters for missing deadline

    More than 1.6 million employer PAYE schemes, covering over 40 million individual records, are already reporting in real time since the launch of new reporting requirements in April, and any employers who have failed to follow the new process have been urged to act now by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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