Investigating underpaid VAT: HMRC's best powers of judgment
Image:© Getty images/iStockphoto
Imagine the following situation: you trade in the High Street as a retail outlet – let’s say, a restaurant – and have had a compliance visit from HMRC.
Search
VAT in the digital age: the platform economy for services
Image:© Getty images/iStockphoto
Over the last decade, the proliferation of technology and digitalisation has led to a rapid transformation of the economy.
Tax policy options: achieving net zero commitments
Image:© Getty images/iStockphoto
The UK was the first major economy to enshrine its 2050 net zero commitment into law.
Implied trusts and beneficial ownership: who is the real owner?
© Getty images/iStockphoto
‘Taxation of income is based on beneficial ownership, not legal ownership.
VAT errors and adjustments: some practical examples
© Getty images/iStockphoto
HMRC has recently introduced a new online form to correct errors made by a business on past VAT returns.
New Alcohol Duty Bill: changes to the duty structure for alcohol
Many years ago, HM Customs and Excise’s Revenue Duties Divisions found themselves relocated from the South Bank of the Thames to the south bank of the River Irwell.
Input tax: the need for deals to be properly structured
VAT on deals involving three parties has always been a hotbed of potential problems. It is a classic case of how things can go wrong in the shark infested waters of the nation’s favourite tax.
The Conservative government’s latest policy reversals
The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, was appointed on 14 October and the first announcement came on the same day. The government will not be cutting the previously enacted rates of corporation tax.
Late VAT returns: points will lead to penalties
Older readers will remember the famous catchphrase of the late entertainer Bruce Forsyth with his game show quip that ‘points make prizes.’ As far as the new penalty regime for submitting late VAT