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15/02/2012 - More...
Three new campaigns are to be launched targeting tax evasion in the UK. The current round of HMRC’s ...
P45 form to stay
15/02/2012 - More...
The Government recently published a consultation document on the major changes planned to the way PAYE in...
Self assessment online filing statistics
15/02/2012 - More...
A press release detailing the number of online filings made for the 2010/11 self assessment returns ...
Employment related loans
08/02/2012 - More...
The official rate of interest on an employment related loan is to remain at 4% with effect from 6 April 2...
The Annual Investment Allowance
08/02/2012 - More...
The Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) was first introduced in The 2008 Finance Act and the legislation wa...
Tribunal – VAT bad debt relief
08/02/2012 - More...
The VAT bad debt relief rules seek to deal with issues that can arise when an invoice has been issue...
Government publishes revised timetable for pensions auto-enrolment
02/02/2012 - More...
The Government has published a revised staging timetable for when employers of all sizes must start enrol...
Submitting online VAT returns
01/02/2012 - More...
From 1 April 2012 all VAT Returns must be submitted online and payment must be made electronically. This ...
Commonwealth games tax break announced
01/02/2012 - More...
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, has announced a tax break for athletes that take pa...
PAYE penalties
01/02/2012 - More...
The tax office has now begun to issue penalty notices to employers that have not filed their starter and ...
PAYE – share based payments
25/01/2012 - More...
New regulations were introduced in April 2011 which changed the tax code that applies to certain payments...
Qualifying period increase for unfair dismissal will not be retrospective
23/01/2012 - More...
On 6 April 2012, the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal will increase from one year to two y...
Fraudulent emails from 'HMRC'
18/01/2012 - More...
It is apparent that a significant number of fraudulent emails are still being sent to taxpayers purp...
Business records checks under review
18/01/2012 - More...
The Business Records Checks programme imposes penalties for significant record-keeping failures relating ...
Contractual disclosure facility (CDF)
18/01/2012 - More...
A new Contractual Disclosure Facility (CDF) was launched by HMRC on 31 January 2012. The CDF is a facilit...
Class 2 National Insurance contributions
11/01/2012 - More...
Class 2 National Insurance Contributions (NICs) are paid by all self-employed taxpayers unless they quali...
New PAYE coding notices
11/01/2012 - More...
New PAYE coding notices are being issued that inform taxpayers of their new tax codes for the t...
Research and Development (R&D) tax credits
11/01/2012 - More...
Research and Development (R&D) tax credits were introduced for small and medium sized enterprises (SM...
Employment legislation in 2012
06/01/2012 - More...
With the government having announced a whole raft of proposals for possible employment law reform during ...
Labour providers and the Olympic games
03/01/2012 - More...
It has been estimated that the Olympic and Paralympic Games will involve more than 50,000 contracts, wort...