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• IT suppliers and government dispute costs of IT security

  
  Tony Collins's IT Projects Blog — Authority: 465
  Plans to introduce mandatory security improvements across government have become mired in contractual disputes with IT suppliers that do not want to carry the cost. Full story on ComputerWeekly.com homepage.  Government, understandably, wants improvements to IT security after the loss of two CDs at HM Revenue and ...
  6 hours ago

• Brave New World

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 124
  Dave Hartnetts vision of the future, automated HMRC systems that take action without reference to human involvement: " Id like to think that relations between tax authorities and practitioners will become less confrontational and more collaborative. If, by 2049, our tax system is fully founded on trust and openness ...
  7 hours ago

• Bottom of Class

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 124
  In August I asked : " If offshore tax havens are so evil, in the eyes of the Treasury and HMRC, why are HMRCs buildings subject to a sale and leaseback deal with Mapeley PLC (a property company based offshore in Guernsey) ?" It would seem that was not the only question that I should have asked about HMRCs ...
  1 day ago

• Best In Class

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 124
  Congratulations to HMRC for winning " Best Public Sector Fleet (with more than 250 vehicles) 2009 ". HMRC have reduced its fleet mileage by 12%, and saved 2,000 tonnes of CO2 (above and beyond its own targets). I assume that this hasnt been achieved by managers ditching cars and flying instead? It would be ...
  2 days ago

• Communications

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 124
  I understand that HMRC, in an effort to save money, has decided to ask non English speaking people who call HMRC by phone (who require interpreters) if they have someone with them that can speak English or they can phone back once they have found a "friend" who can interpret for them. This will save £75 per call ...
  3 days ago

• High Net Worth

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 124
  The Sunday Times has a slightly "shouty" headline " Taxman targets exiles who keep UK toehold ": " RICH Britons who claim to have moved overseas could find themselves back in the clutches of the taxman if they have hung on to a car, a mobile phone number or even a golf club membership in the UK ." The article ...
  4 days ago

• HMRCs Massive Extension

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 124
  In a clear admission of defeat, and as a result of protests by banks over the workload involved in informing on their customers, HMRC have extended their deadline for taxpayers to register their offshore holdings from the end of this month to January 4 2010. Seemingly the fish are not yet scared enough to jump into ...
  1 week ago

• Revenue extends deadline for offshore tax amnesty

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is extending the deadline for the tax amnesty on offshore bank accounts.
  1 week ago

• Report: New broadband tax could triple

  
  Electricpig.co.uk - The UK's fastest-growing tech news site — Authority: 725
  A controversial new broadband tax to help subsidise the cost of laying down pipes for next-gen surfing speeds could triple from the original amount for nearly two million households, according to a new report. According to documents seen by The Times, the proposed £6 per year (50p per month) tax on landlines will ...
  1 week ago

• A Spanking of Laziness

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 124
  HMRC have got themselves in hot water over a blanket mailshot of around 30,000 letters, re offshore accounts, some of which were sent to the wrong people. The letter urged the recipient to disclose funds held in their offshore accounts, under the New Disclosure Opportunity (NDO), even though the NDO rules didnt ...
  1 week ago

• Offshore accounts tax amnesty may be extended

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  An extension to the offshore bank accounts tax amnesty is being considered by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) because of opposition from a group of foreign banks and the sheer volume of work involved.
  1 week ago

• An Inspector Calls

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 124
  The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group has called on HMRC to begin house calls, and take steps to eradicate the overpayment of tax among the elderly. A nice idea, in theory. However, HMRC simply do not have the resources to do this; hence the fact that local HMRC offices are closing, only to be replaced with call centres. ...
  1 week ago

• Tax bad debts rocket as recession bites

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  The amount of unpaid tax which is being written off by the Government has rocketed to over £11 billion this year while tax revenues plummet because of the recession.
  1 week ago

• What happens in a Jersey fund? Not a lot, since you ask

  
  Tax Research UK — Authority: 566
  A commentator on this blog has said , initially quoting me, and overall in response to comment by Dave Hartnett : “Tax compliance is seeking to pay the right amount of tax (but no more) in the right place at the right time where right means that the economic substance of the transactions undertaken coincides ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Hopeless Romantic

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 124
  Gavin Hinks, of Accountancy Age , thinks that Dave Hartnett is a hopeless romantic. What say you? Tax does have to be taxing. Professional Cover Against the Threat of Costly TAX and VAT Investigations What is TAXWISE ? TAXWISE is a tax-fee protection service that will pay up to £75,000 towards your ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hartnett whips up a storm on tax compliance

  
  Tax Research UK — Authority: 566
  Hartnett whips up a storm at the ICAEW - Accountancy Age . The permanent secretary for tax and commissioner of HM Revenue & Customs has never been afraid of ruffling a few feathers and Dave Hartnett did not disappoint at a recent address to some of the UK’s most eminent tax advisers. Hartnett set out plans ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cry Freedom

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 124
  Data obtained by the law firm McGrigors shows that 27 people have registered with HMRC, since the Liechtenstein Disclosure Opportunity was opened on September 1. However, HMRC have refused a similar Freedom of Information Act request wrt how many people have registered for the New Disclosure Opportunity (NDO). The ...
  2 weeks ago

• Futile Arse Covering

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 124
  Dave Hartnett continues to do the rounds, as he tries to encourage people to declare offshore holdings. In a recent interview with The Telegraph he is quoted: " My hunch, it is only a hunch, is that a disproportionately large number of your readers will be relatively wealthy, will have hidden some money offshore, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dave Hartnet: The Chancellor’s tax enforcer who just hates to lose

  
  Tax Research UK — Authority: 566
  Dave Hartnet: The Chancellor’s tax enforcer who just hates to lose - Telegraph . Hartnett says: I think our top priority right now is the work we are doing to end tax secrecy, particularly in tax havens He’s right.
  2 weeks ago

• HMRCs Definition of ASAP

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 124
  HMRCs recently launched charter promises to " put mistakes right as soon as we can ". What does " as soon as we can " actually mean? One month? No! Two months? No! Six months? No! HMRC in fact seem to regard " as soon as we can " as being a "paltry" 13 months! The figures come from the adjudicators ...
  2 weeks ago

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