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• The British taxman has become a laughing-stock

  
  Bearwatch — Authority: 471
  Following the ridiculous 2001 sale of the taxmans own offices to a property company that smartly transferred the ownership to the tax haven of Bermuda, the British Treasury has made itself into a charity case and is asking for tax-deductible donations to reduce the National Debt.
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• HMRC launch new Charter

  
  Holden Associates - Accountants & Business Advisers Blog — Authority: 112
  Did you know that HMRC has launched a new charter for individuals, businesses and other groups and organisations who deal with the department. I know, didn’t we have something like this before? Well lets hope the new Charter provides a little bit more protection for those dealing with HMRC. For the Charter click ...
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• Charter Now Published

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 123
  HMRCs long awaited charter has been published . I see that HMRC still tries to spin avoidance as being something less than legal: " We will:...distinguish between legitimately trying to pay the lowest amount and bending the rules through tax avoidance .." Tax does have to be taxing. Professional Cover Against ...
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• Trust the taxman HMRC tells business leaders

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  Business leaders are being urged by Britains top tax official to "trust the taxman".
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• The Dead Duck

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 123
  It seems that HMRCs New Disclosure Opportunity (NDO) has, so far, not been the rip roaring success that HMRC had forecast; despite Dave Hartnetts foray onto YouTube. The NDO has not yet attracted the disclosure of significant numbers of undeclared offshore accounts, thus the original forecasts of it generating ...
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• Government Declares War On Avoidance

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 123
  Stephen Timms, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, told parliament the other day: " This Government will not tolerate tax avoidance or tax evasion in any form, and will act promptly to tackle both of these ." Same old goverment spin of linking avoidance with evasion: 1 Avoidance is legal, taxpayers have every ...
  4 days ago

• EDIFACT D.09A Released With—Egad!—A New Message…and a Few Problems

  
  The Inovis Blog — Authority: 120
  Last month, UN/EDIFACT released their latest directory of EDI messages, D.09A.  The “A” in the version designation means it was the first one for 2009.  For those who follow EDIFACT, that’s rather late in the year for the first directory.  But at least it’s here.  What’s much more interesting about this ...
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• Dont Believe The Hype - Financial Secrecy

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 123
  The Tax Justice Network (registered in Belgium) has recently published a Financial Secrecy Index , which allegedly evaluates the transparency of "tax havens" and their willingness to cooperate with other countries tax operations. Rather amusingly the UK comes in at number 5 out of 60; ie we are "naughtier" than eg ...
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• Aspire Renegotiated

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 123
  HMRC has renegotiated its Aspire contract for IT with service providers Capgemini, Accenture and Fujitsu. The renegotiated contract (the second time HMRC has done this in 2 years) aims to save £110M per annum by scrapping the legacy systems taken on board by the merger of the Revenue and Customs and Excise, and by ...
  6 days ago

• Petition

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 123
  Patrick Reynolds has set up a petition on the Number 10 Website, calling for HMRC create a similar system: " There are large numbers of matters of detailed routine in tax matters and in dealings with HMRC that are inefficient and waste a great deal of time. Accountants, tax payers and advisers are well aware of many ...
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• Too Complex

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 123
  As noted many times on this site the tax system, as it currently stands, is far too complex. Michael Izza (CEO of the ICAEW), in an interview with AccountingWEB , says the very same thing: " Q: In the ICAEWs Enterprise survey, 54% of respondents said UK regulatory and tax environment was not very or not at all ...
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• The ten Most Boring Videos on YouTube revealed

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  London, November 5 (ANI): A British newspaper has put together a list of most boring videos on the popular website YouTube.A video released by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on tax disclosure was claimed to be the frontrunner in drawing most yawns, according to The Telegraph.A middle-aged man is seen ...
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• Non-disclosure is criminal

  
  Tax Research UK — Authority: 591
  Dave Hartnett, boss of HM Revenue & Customs on those criminals who do not disclose offshore bank accounts. About 50% of UK personal account holders in Jersey and Guernsey do not voluntary directly disclose their earnings to HM Revenue & Customs.   It’s a blunt message to all those who live in tax havens ...
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• Dont Believe The Hype

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 123
  As Dave Hartnett bestrides the net like a colossus, warning tax evaders that they may be banged up in jail, and HMRC gets "heavy" with tax avoidance schemes and offshore financial centres it may be worthwhile focusing on how much tax is actually lost as a result of offshore and onshore tax avoidance schemes (legal). ...
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• HMRC fast track time to pay scheme

  
  Insolvency Blog — Authority: 106
  The HMRC Business Payment Support Service is responsible for running the Time to Pay Scheme to assist businesses with temporary cash flow difficulties.
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• HMRC fast track Time oo Pay Scheme

  
  Insolvency Blog — Authority: 106
  The HMRC Business Payment Support Service is responsible for running the Time to Pay Scheme to assist businesses with temporary cash flow difficulties.
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• Hartnett On YouTube

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 123
  Dave Hartnett follows the Prime Ministers successful foray onto YouTube, and warns offshore tax evaders that they may go to jail. Couldnt someone from HMRC told him to comb his hair first though? Tax does have to be taxing. Professional Cover Against the Threat of Costly TAX and VAT Investigations What is ...
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• Why do you need to know who I am?

  
  When IT Meets Politics with Philip Virgo — Authority: 119
  Andrew Yeomans raises some profound points in his comments on my previous blog . They also trigger some obvious "end-user" questions: Who are you ? Why do you need to know? Whats in it for me? Why should I trust you? Will you tell me if what I tell you is "compromised" while in your custody? WIll you pay me ...
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• Delusions of Infallibility

  
  HMRC Is Shite — Authority: 123
  It seems that there are some in HMRC who have Papal delusions, and believe that they are infallible. That at least is the conclusion one may draw from the phone conversation reported by Accountancy Age , between a taxpayer (reclassified by HMRC as "deceased") and a member of staff from one of HMRCs call centres. ...
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