The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) have published a review of VAT, 'Value added tax: routes to simplification'. The European Commission has also published an impact assessment on simplification.
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In April 2019 all outstanding loans from disguised remuneration schemes will become subject to an income tax and NIC charge under part 7A ITEPA 2003.
In Barclays Wealth Trustees (Jersey) Limited and Michael Dreelan v HMRC [2017] EWCA Civ 1512 the Court of Appeal (CA) considered whether assets transferred between trusts could be excluded property.
Uber has lost its appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) against the earlier decision of the Employment Tribunal (ET) to find that Uber drivers were workers for employment law purposes.
In William McAdam v HMRC [2017] TC05563 the First Tier tribunal denied a tax deduction for wages paid to a plumbers wife of £90 per week; the amounts were excessive for the work done and should be reduced.
In Merrie v HMRC [2017] TC016103 the tribunal upheld £95,112.79 in penalties for inaccuracies in a self-assessment return: the taxpayer misunderstood when he must declare the gain on the sale of his company.
It is reported that scammers pretending to be from HMRC, and chasing outstanding tax were very active in North Dorset yesterday.
The government have announced that Class 2 NICs, which were due to be abolished from April 2018, will remain for one more year, until April 2019.
HMRC have announced that they are extending the deadline for the new online trust registration service again.