HMRC News

Record £4.bn tax deferred in run up to self-assessment deadline, HMRC penalties double in the last six months, restaurant boss owing £266k tax receives ban, and 1.8m taxpayers fail to meet self-assessment deadline.

HMRC penalties for taxpayer compliance failings increase by 62%, online IR35 tool fails 19% of the time, largest 'big company' tax payment for over a decade, and PAC warns Bounce Back Loan rushed out too quickly.

Restaurant boss disqualified for seven years, 4,000 Eat Out to Help Out verification requests issued, trio jailed for £29.5m tax scam, latest figures reveal extent of global tax evasion.

First Eat Out to Help Out arrests made, £400 million in furlough cash repaid, BHS owner Dominic Chappell jailed for six years, HMRC urge property sellers to review Capital Gains Tax.

HMRC's CJRS letters cause alarm among employers, suspected £70,000 furlough fraud leads to two arrests, and 18-year ban issued to event directors.

Upper Tribunal IR35 appeal goes in favour of HMRC, HMRC collect £120m from deals struck with tax evaders, and 3,000 employers targeted in relation to CJRS claims.

10 trillion euro uncovered in offshore assets, IR35 reforms are given the go ahead for April 2021, and a takeaway owner is disqualified following five-year tax fraud

HMRC plans to tackle online VAT evasion, Chancellor grants tax authorities new powers, and a look ahead to post COVID-19 tax investigations

Ex HMRC employee's £120k tax fraud, spotlight on HMRC investigation procedures, lap dancers and dog breeders targeted by HMRC.

IR35 rules declared 'flawed' by House of Lords review, opera house loses Upper Tribunal appeal, tax haven multi-nationals denied Covid-19 aid.