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An HMRC investigation or enquiry can be a worrying development for a business but for those in HMRC’s ‘Large Business Service’, it is par for the course.

In February 2025, the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published its report on tax evasion in the retail sector (see tinyurl.com/3fcn8mju

Construction Industry Scheme and traffic management activities

We highlighted the need to better publicise the new HMRC guidance on construction operations in traffic management (

HMRC released a new consultation on third party data on Spring Statement day, which aims to reform the approach to third party data acquired under HMRC’s bulk data powers (see

We all have bosses. We all need to manage up.

Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury James Murray delivered his first major speech on taxation at the recent CIOT/ICAEW conference to mark the 20th anniversary of HMRC’s formation (see

Hybrid cars

Clauses 5 and 6 of the Finance Bill set out the benefit in kind percentages for company cars which will apply from 2025-26 until 2029-30.

Chancellor Gordon Brown’s 2006 Budget had a significant focus on reducing the cost to business of regulation.

The CIOT’s latest response was largely positive, many of the Finance Bill proposals being in tune with suggestions the CIOT made in the 2023 consultation.

Zero hours contracts for agency workers

The government published a consultation in October (tinyurl.com/33y5waw9), on the application of the zero h