The HM Revenue And Customs (HMRC) Considers Draft Regulations For The Purposes Of The Promoters Of Tax Avoidance Legislation
The HMRC is working on draft regulations to exclude two types of persons from the definition of "promoter" for the purposes of the Promoters of Tax Avoidance legislation. The regulations will exclude from the definition of "promoter" a company that
See MoreRegister for and use the VAT Mini One Stop Shop
If your business has supplied digital services to consumers in the EU, you can register for HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) VAT MOSS scheme if your business is: based in the UK (union VAT MOSS scheme) a non-EU businesses (non-union VAT MOSS
See MoreUK will begin to register digital firms under its Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) special scheme
New and amended legislation will come into effect on 1 January 2015 which effectively expands the scope of the previous VAT on e-Services (VoeS) special VAT scheme. The new voluntary VAT Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) will allow businesses to account for
See MoreUK: Pension statements and the annual allowance to be sent soon
Pension providers will soon be sending annual allowance pension statements for the 2013 to 2014 tax year to all pension scheme members contributing more than £50,000 per year to a pension scheme. Finance Act 2011 legally requires pension providers
See MoreHMRC will introduce Penalties For Real Time PAYE Errors from October 2014
HMRC will introduce penalties for late real-time pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) returns from October, 2014. Companies employing 50 or more people will face penalties from October 6, 2014 and the companies with fewer than 50 employees will be subject to the
See MoreUK: ‘Deemed Consent’ Regime To NICs has been extended by HMRC
A change of policy from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will enable informal representatives of elderly and disadvantaged taxpayers like family and friends to deal with tax issues like National Insurance Contributions on their behalf under the
See MoreUK Pension scheme administrators: New requirements to be fit and proper persons
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is committed to combating pension liberation activity. To build on a number of recent changes to existing legislation and processes, HMRC has introduced new legislation relating to the fit and proper status of scheme
See MoreEmployee Benefit Trust Amnesty has been withdrawn by HMRC
HMRC will withdraw a tax dispute settlement facility for businesses that used an Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) and from April 1, 2015 this facility will no longer be available. Employers those have notified their intention to HMRC to settle before
See MoreUK: Certificates of residence for registered pension schemes changes
The process for applying for a certificate of residence for a registered pension scheme changes from 4 August 2014. If you’re the owner of the pension scheme assets, or an authorized third party, and want to request a certificate of residence for
See MoreCanada–UK Income Tax Treaty Protocol Amendments
Recently, Canada has accepted to amend the Income Tax Treaty protocol with the United Kingdom that was signed July 21, 2014. The Protocol initiates a deadline to introduce transfer pricing assessments and changes the time frame for searching
See MoreCanada-UK DTA revises
The Double Tax Agreement (DTA) protocol between Canada and the UK has signed on July 21, 2014 that amends its withholding tax and information exchange provisions. This contains a release from withholding tax for payments of interest made subject to
See MoreCanada-UK Income Tax Treaty protocol signed
The Income Tax Treaty (1978) protocol between Canada and the United Kingdom has signed on July 21, 2014. Details will be reported
See MoreUK: HMRC publishes A list of tax avoidance schemes
A list of tax avoidance schemes with“accelerated payments"power has been published by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and users may receive a notice to make upfront tax payment. Taxpayers must disclose if they are using an avoidance scheme as per
See MoreIceland-United Kingdom: Ratified the tax treaty
The income tax treaty between Iceland and United Kingdom (2013) was ratified, (Double taxation relief and International Tax Enforcement of Iceland) by United Kingdom on 16 July 2014.After sanctioned by United Kingdom this new treaty will replace the
See MoreUK: May move towards a Single Income Tax by merging social security with Income Tax
It was reported by the Tax Payer’s Alliance (TPA) that Chancellor George Osborne aimed to merge the social security with income tax to move towards a single income tax and he is intended to include it in the Conservative Party's next election
See MoreUK: Tax credits renewal warning has been issued by HMRC
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have warned the UK residents those Up to 1.5 million tax payer who receive tax credit to renew their claims as the time available to renew is less than one month.If they don’t go for renewal within time, their payment
See MoreUK :The Retailer’s tax claims has been rejected by the Tribunal
It was welcomed by the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) the dismissal of a multi-million pound tax allowance claimed by one of the UK's largest clothing retailers by the higher Tribunal's. The claim of Next Distribution Limited, part of Next Group Plc
See MoreThe Retailer’s tax claims has been rejected by the UK Tribunal
It was welcomed by the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) the dismissal of a multi-million pound tax allowance claimed by one of the UK's largest clothing retailers by the higher Tribunal's. The claim of Next Distribution Limited, part of Next Group Plc
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