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HMRC has published its third list of deliberate defaulters, i.e.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) conducted a hearing into HMRC’s annual report and accounts for 2012/13 on Monday. During the often quite heated exchange, Edward Troup, HMRC’s tax assurance commissioner, told the PAC that the tax recovered from a...

Adam Craggs and Nigel Brook review Michael Freeman, a recent tribunal decision on when HMRC can raise a discovery assessment under TMA 1970 s 29

Jessica McLellan looks at the most recent HMRC campaign, the 'health and wellbeing tax plan'.

A new VAT repayment taskforce will target people in Scotland and Northern Ireland who set up businesses purely for the purpose of making false VAT claims. It is set to bring in £7m, HMRC announced.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will be conducting a further hearing in Parliament into the Royal household accounts on 14 October, and a hearing on 16 October into HMRC standard report.

HMRC’s next tax disclosure campaign, the HMRC health and wellbeing tax plan, targets healthcare professionals (other than doctors, dentists, nurses or social workers) with undisclosed income.

The general reaction to HMRC’s announcement that it has collected only £747m so far from the Swiss/UK tax agreement has been that it is a ‘flop’.

The additional tax yield received from compliance investigations into small and medium-sized businesses by HMRC has increased by 31% in the last year, according to figures obtained by UHY Hacker Young.

HMRC’s latest tax disclosure campaign is aimed at residential property landlords. No closing date has been set and the opportunity to come forward voluntarily will remain open for at least 18 months. HMRC said: ‘By coming forward voluntarily, people will receive the best possible terms.