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Save Money, Beat the December Price Increase!
/in Accountancy, Accountants, Advice, Dulwich, Income tax, Key dates, London, Records, Self-assessment, South London, Tax, Tax accountant, Tax accountants, Tax advice, Tax advisers, Tax affairs, Tax agents, tax experts, Tax return, Tax returns, Taxfile, Tulse Hill/by MarkWhere possible, Taxfile customers are urged to submit their records to Taxfile before December 1st 2014 so as to beat the price increases which will come into effect from that date. Taxfile has held its prices for several years now, and unusually long for our industry, however every so often we have to take stock […]
Email Scam Warning in run-up to HMRC Tax Credits Deadline
/in 2014, Advice, Child tax credits, Dulwich, Filing deadlines, HM Revenue and Customs, HMRC, Key dates, London, Rebate, Refund, Scams, South London, Tax, Tax advice, Tax affairs, Tax credit, Tax credits, Tax fraud/by MarkHMRC have sent out warnings over a significant threat from new ‘phishing’ emails purporting to be from them. They are, in fact, scam emails which include links to replicas of the HMRC site and are designed to trick people into disclosing security-sensitive financial and personal information such as bank details, National Insurance numbers, credit card […]
Record haul by HMRC in tax avoidance crackdown
/in 2014, Accountancy, Accountants, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chancellor's Autumn Statement, Dulwich, Enquiry meeting, George Osborne, HM Revenue and Customs, HMRC, Income tax, Inland Revenue, London, Records, revenue determination, SME, South London, Tax, Tax accountant, Tax accountants, Tax advice, Tax advisers, Tax enquiry, Tax fraud, Tulse Hill, Undeclared income/by MarkBack in January we reported that HMRC had raised an extra £20.7 billion in additional revenue for the financial year 2012-13 as a result of it’s drive on tax compliance and a massive crackdown on tax avoidance by organisations and individuals alike. Now we can confirm that the financial year 2013-14 figures are in and […]
New HMRC Service to Replace Closing Enquiry Centres
/in 2014, Accountancy, Accountants, Advice, HMRC, London, South London, Tax, Tax accountants, Tax advice, Tax advisers, Tax credit, Tax credits, tax experts, Tax liability, Taxfile, Tulse Hill/by MarkHer Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (‘HMRC’) have now completed a 7 month pilot scheme, held across the North East of England, whereby they closed existing HMRC Enquiry Centres and instead offered those requiring extra help with tax-related issues assistance in a different, more tailored way. With the pilot scheme now complete and deemed a success, […]
The Shocking Truth about Tax on the Poor
/in Council Tax, Higher rate tax payers, HM Revenue and Customs, HMRC, Income tax, London, National Insurance, NI Class 3, NIC's, South London, Tax, Tax advisers, Tax agents, Tax liability, Tax returns, Taxpayers, Value Added Tax, VAT/by MarkHave you ever wondered how much of one’s total income is taken up in tax? And I don’t mean just Income Tax. I mean in ALL taxes paid by ordinary taxpayers throughout the course of a year. Such a figure would need to take into account National Insurance (income tax in all but name, some […]
The Taxpayers Charter & how it can help you
/in Accountants, Enquiry meeting, HM Revenue and Customs, HMRC, Inland Revenue, Inspector of taxes, London, Tax, Tax advisers, Tax agents, Tax enquiry, tax inspector, tax office/by MarkMany ordinary working taxpayers do not even know it exists, but The Taxpayers Charter is there to make sure that HMRC give you a service that is even-handed, accurate and based on mutual trust and respect. HMRC also want to make it as easy as possible for you to get things right. The Charter is […]
HMRC’s ‘Direct Recovery’ of owed tax – straight from your bank account!
/in Accountancy, Accountants, Advice, Budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer, HMRC, Income tax, Inland Revenue, penalties, Tax, Tax accountant, Tax accountants, Tax advice, Tax advisers, Tax affairs, Tax agents, Tax bill, tax inspector, Tax liability, Taxes/by MarkPart of the Chancellor’s recent Budget included plans to recover tax owed to the Treasury direct from the debtor’s bank account — all done directly and without a Court Order being necessary. This has been criticised widely but HMRC says that only 17,000 people in the UK per year would fall into this potential scenario […]
The Chancellor’s Budget, March 2014
/in 2014, AIA, Annual Investment Allowance, Annuities, Budget, Capital gains tax, CGT, Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, Higher rate tax payers, IHT, Income tax, Inheritance Tax, Interest rates, ISAs, NISAs, pension contributions, pension scheme, Pensions, Personal allowance, savings income, Stamp Duty, Tax, Tax allowance, Tax bands/by MarkThe Chancellor, George Osborne, has now presented his March 2014 Budget to Parliament. There was lots of talk about the economy, growth forecasts, supporting UK businesses and employment – as well as some obvious political spin bearing in mind the European and General Elections are just around the corner – however we thought we’d concentrate […]
RTI (Real Time Information) – last Full Payment Submission (FPS) due soon
/in 2014, Accountancy, Accountants, Bookkeeping, Employee, Employer, FPS, HM Revenue and Customs, HMRC, Income tax, London, National Insurance, NIC, NIC's, Pay-as-you-earn, PAYE, PAYE threshold, Payroll, Payroll bureau, Real Time Information, RTI, Tax/by MarkExactly eleven months ago at time of writing, HMRC launched ‘RTI’ (Real Time Information) in the UK. This is the mechanism through which employees now have to report PAYE information for employees on the day it actually happens, or alternatively before that day, for example to confirm to HMRC each time an employee is paid […]
(Time Sensitive): Tax Year End Changes for Pension Allowances
/in 2014, Annual Allowance (AA), Investments, Key dates, Lifetime allowance (LTA), pension contributions, pension scheme, State Pension, Tax, Tax allowance, Tax liability, Tax return, Taxes, thresholds/by MarkThe start of the new Tax Year on 6 April 2014 – just 6½ weeks away at time of writing – will see two very important changes in relation to pensions allowances. The first change will affect the ‘Annual Allowance’ (or ‘AA’) which is the annual limit on pension savings attracting tax relief. This limit […]