News Roundup 6th June 2018 NEWS ROUNDUP TAX NEWS Thousands of contractors set to miss HMRC deadline An estimated 60,000 contractors lured into “Rangers-style” tax avoidance schemes, which usually involve payment via loans from an offshore trust, were set to miss HMRC’s deadline of May 31 for settling their liabilities. Matthew Sharp, of law firm […]

News Roundup 5th June 2018 NEWS ROUNDUP TAX NEWS Labour condemns ‘disastrous’ HMRC cuts Labour has raised concerns over a “disastrous and misguided programme of cuts” at HMRC, after it emerged that 4m calls to the Revenue’s helpline went unanswered in the last year. The shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, Peter Dowd, said “chronic […]

News Roundup 4th June 2018 NEWS ROUNDUP TAX NEWS HMRC fails to answer 4m calls a year More than four million calls to HMRC are going unanswered, with the Revenue conceding the problem is almost twice as bad as previously disclosed. New figures show more than one in 10 callers to HMRC fails to get […]