The long awaited IR35 guidance was published on Wednesday. The guidance will enable contractors to determine if their contract is disguised employment or if they really are in business in their own right.
HMRC publishes IR35 Business Entity Tests » Read the full story
IT contractors should be aware that HMRC will track down anybody it believes could be guilty of tax evasion as a Scottish consultant found to his cost recently.
HMRC prosecutes tax evading IT contractor » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors may have been amongst the people who received a misleading letter about child tax credits from HMRC recently.
Will contractors still qualify for child tax credits? » Read the full story
Recent Government figures show that an increasing number of people are complaining about the time it takes for HMRC to respond to queries.
Complaints against HMRC are on the rise » Read the full story
IT contractors may wonder why most of Whitehall’s IT projects are running behind schedule when the government employs 8,000 IT staff.
8,000 in-house staff and still IT projects are behind schedule » Read the full story
Since 2009, HMRC has sent out approximately 17 million letters to taxpayers, including umbrella company contractors. Now it has emerged that around 2,000 people have complained about the threatening tone of HMRC’s debt recovery letters.
2,000 people complain about threatening letters from HMRC » Read the full story
Umbrella contractors might be interested to learn that leading accounting bodies are calling into question the ‘tax gap’.
How can HMRC accurately measure the ‘tax gap’? » Read the full story
HMRC is to offer a disclosure facility to taxpayers, including umbrella company contractors, it suspects of fraud.
Fraudsters to be offered disclosure facility » Read the full story
The Low Income Tax Reform Group is urging taxpayers, including umbrella company contractors, to double check calculations if they receive letters from HMRC.
Umbrella company contractors need to check their tax calculations » Read the full story
HMRC has issued a reminder to tax credit claimants that they only have until July 31st to renew their claims and it suggests that recipients take action as soon as their renewal pack arrives.
Time is running out for umbrella company contractors to renew tax credits » Read the full story
Accountants claim that HMRC is adopting threatening behaviour towards innocent tax payers and umbrella company contractors in a bid to gather in more income.
Innocent taxpayers threatened by HMRC debt collectors » Read the full story
Due to recently discovered errors, HMRC has sent out its first round of approximately 45,000 letters to taxpayers, potentially including umbrella company contractors, informing them that their taxes were wrong. The total number of letters sent out should top 6 million by the end of this year.
Contractors contacted by HMRC told not to bury their heads in the sand » Read the full story
Nearly six million UK taxpayers, including umbrella company contractors, are due for a rude awakening, thanks to an error in the PAYE system.
PAYE errors causing umbrella company contractors headaches » Read the full story
Last week HMRC sent out letters to some of the taxpayers who had taken up the Offshore Disclosure Facility to ask them for their insights.
HMRC questions offshore account holders » Read the full story
