HMRC

Just keep slurping: HMRC adds two million taxpayers' voices to biometric database

But thousands opting out in 'backlash', says privacy group

Security25 Jan 2019 | 21

The lighter side of HMRC: We want your money, but we also want to make you laugh

Junior staffers, cold fingers get blamed for missed payments in taxman's annual attempt at humour

Bootnotes21 Jan 2019 | 95

UK taxman told to chill out 'cos loan charge is whacking tax dodgers and whoopsies alike

Contractor lobby seizes on report as indictment of IR35

Legal04 Dec 2018 | 47

HMRC: 30 months to prep Northern Ireland backstop systems, 24 for customs

Nope, not from now – from whenever politicos make up their minds

Legal23 Nov 2018 | 58

Peers to HMRC: Digital tax reforms 3 days after Brexit? Hold your horses, how 'bout 3 years...

Updated Sweeping changes to VAT will hit small biz, says committee

On-Prem22 Nov 2018 | 79

Brit smart meter biz blamed Apple's iPhone 7 launch for its late taxes

And you know what? The judge agreed with them

Legal22 Oct 2018 | 25

HMRC rapped as Brexit looms and customs IT release slips again

Public Accounts Committee 'concerned' businesses haven't been told how to prepare

Legal05 Oct 2018 | 66

Contractors slam UK taxman's 'aggressive' IR35 tax reforms

HMRC urged to adjust plans after losing case against one of its own former freelancers

Legal25 Sep 2018 | 56

HMRC contractor scores IR35 payout after yet another taxman blunder

CEST tool gets it wrong – for its own creators

Legal24 Sep 2018 | 33

Like tax? Love networks? UK taxmen have a job just for you

Public sector money crew wants a head of networks just in time for Brexit

Networks13 Sep 2018 | 12

UK.gov's no-deal plans leave HMRC customs, VAT systems scrambling to keep up

Pity the external software devs – they only just found out about this!

Software06 Sep 2018 | 65

Surprise! VAT, customs likely to get a bit trickier in a Brexit no-deal world

UK traders: 'Help us, HMRC, you're our only hope'

On-Prem24 Aug 2018 | 150

UK taxman told: IR35 still isn't working in the public sector, and you want to take it private?

Status-checking tool isn't fit for purpose, and then there's Brexit

Legal10 Aug 2018 | 47

Amazon meets the incredible SHRINKING UK taxman

£1.7m tax on profits of £72.4m thanks to a surging share price

On-Prem03 Aug 2018 | 104

UK taxman outlines its CHIEF concerns for customs IT systems

Execs admit some traders might miss the boat in a no-deal Brexit

Legal12 Jul 2018 | 33

CEST la vie, IR35 workers: HMRC sets out stall for ignoring Mutuality of Obligation

Don't have a cow, but taxman test disappears MOO

Legal10 Jul 2018 | 49

UK.gov told: You're not very good at collecting quality data, are you?

Spending watchdog's report also has barbs for outsourcing and, of course, Brexit

On-Prem05 Jul 2018 | 7

HMRC told AGAIN to toughen up on VAT-dodging online traders

MPs: Fraudsters still damaging public purse and businesses

On-Prem29 Jun 2018 | 31

UK taxman has amassed voice profiles of 5.1 million taxpayers

Big Brother Watch questions legal basis for data retention

Security25 Jun 2018 | 60

HMRC: Aria PC's £2m MSN Messenger deals bonanza was VAT fraud

UK taxman urges tribunal to throw out reseller's appeal

Channel25 Jun 2018 | 9

Brit reseller Aria PC's appeal against HMRC VAT fraud finding gets under way

Firm disputes findings of taxman and First-Tier tribunal

On-Prem21 Jun 2018 | 10

Brit reseller Aria PC mounts appeal against £750k taxman VAT fiddle ruling

Full details of case now available after Reg legal victory

Channel21 May 2018 | 22

HMRC opens consultation to crack down on off-payroll working in private sector

UK Gov reckons it could lose up to £1.2bn due to IR35 non-compliance

Legal18 May 2018 | 78

Brit IT contractor wins appeal against HMRC to pay £26k in back taxes

Universal credit consultant takes on taxman over IR35 law

Legal17 May 2018 | 50

Recycling tech biz bosses get years for VAT fraud, money laundering

Didn't realise IT was only thing were supposed to refurbish

Channel25 Apr 2018 | 12

HMRC delays digi tax plans amid Brexit customs woes

UK taxmen triaging projects to prioritise trucks' passage at Dover

Legal13 Apr 2018 | 37

Amazon and eBay agree to expose potential VAT evaders for UK tax man

Voluntary agreement gets green light – irony klaxon sounded

Legal06 Apr 2018 | 73

Chin up, SMEs. You might get crumbs from Big Tech tax clampdown – UK MPs

Want more govt business, you say?* You're a riot, old chum

Legal28 Mar 2018 | 8

Capita screw-ups are the pits! Brit ex-miner pensioners billed for thousands in extra tax

Outsourcer blames HMRC's new PAYE portal

Channel12 Mar 2018 | 54

Most IT contractors want employment benefits if clobbered with IR35

That'll go down well with full-time Sir Humphreys..

Legal09 Mar 2018 | 168

UK taxman has domain typo-squatter stripped of HMRC web addresses

Panama corporation owns nearly 54,000 dot-UK sites

Legal15 Jan 2018 | 42

Childcare is a pain in the bum and so is HMRC's buggy subsidies site

Thousands still experiencing issues since April launch

Legal15 Jan 2018 | 45

UK taxman told to go easy on transformation with Brexit in headlights

Unwieldy projects AND leaving the EU? Don't make us laugh

Legal12 Jan 2018 | 25

MPs slam HMRC's 'deeply worrying' lack of post-Brexit customs system

Food could be left rotting in trucks at the border

Legal14 Nov 2017 | 192

HMRC boss defends shift to AWS, says they got 50% knocked off

Is Amazon the only one who can handle its cloudy needs? No, there is one other...

SaaS26 Oct 2017 | 81

HMRC's switch to AWS killed a small UK cloud business

Exclusive Questions raised over supplier lock-in, tax avoidance, SME agenda

On-Prem24 Oct 2017 | 105

Watchdog slams HMRC, Amazon over 'dismal' response to UK biz hurt by online VAT fraud

Estimate of full impact 'out of date and flawed' says committee

Legal18 Oct 2017 | 37

Kebab and pizza shop owner jailed for hiding £179k from the taxman

What a carve-up!

Bootnotes22 Sep 2017 | 65

New HMRC IT boss to 'recuse' herself over Microsoft decisions

Exclusive UK taxman's CDIO Jacky Wright currently on 'sabbatical'

Legal18 Sep 2017 | 87

Just how are HMRC’s IT systems going to cope with Brexit?

Answers on a postcard, please

Legal15 Sep 2017 | 61

HMRC scoops up Microsoft veep for CIO role

Jacky Wright to lead tech for UK tax collector

On-Prem14 Sep 2017 | 10

MPs accuse Amazon and eBay of profiteering from VAT fraudsters

HMRC: About £1.5bn lost due to overseas sellers' tax swerve

On-Prem14 Sep 2017 | 51

UK taxman forks out to parents after glitch smacks child benefits site

HMRC: But we got less than 1,500 complaints about the tech…

Legal23 Aug 2017 | 5

Corporate criminal tax offences likely to further increase HMRC's use of dawn raids, says expert

Good morning

Legal09 Aug 2017 | 31

UK taxmen slammed for tech glitches rampant on child benefits website

Putting the fault in digital by default

Legal04 Aug 2017 | 27

Small biz breaks out pen, paper after Brit tax collectors' Digital Form Service goes down

Soz, SMEs, you can't submit your monthly returns online

Legal04 Aug 2017 | 29

NAO: Customs union IT system may not be ready before Brexit

System has capacity for 150 million declarations – just 105 million short...

Legal13 Jul 2017 | 82

Majority of contractors distrust HMRC's IR35 calculator, survey finds

Turkeys voting against Christmas?

Legal09 May 2017 | 24

HMRC beer duty bungle leaves breweries struggling to pay online

Shiny new web form can't cope with Budget month

Legal12 Apr 2017 | 26

Confidence in £70m customs system has 'collapsed', warns Treasury Committee

Under Brexit, service faces five-fold rise in transactions

Legal31 Mar 2017 | 52

IT contractors behind IR35 calculator to leave HMRC... because of IR35

Sources say department is undergoing a major crackdown

Legal30 Mar 2017 | 79

UK.gov departments accused of blanket approach to IR35

Confusion reigns as some departments apply massive crackdown

Legal27 Mar 2017 | 82

UK.gov gears up for IR35 private sector crackdown – say industry folk

You can run, but you can't hide

Legal16 Mar 2017 | 123

HMRC emits IR35 tax calculator onto the web for UK contractors

Intends to determine correct employment status

Legal03 Mar 2017 | 48

Roses are red, violets are blue, HMRC confirms Verify can STFU

Taxmen to press on with own ID authenticating service... as we reported

Legal14 Feb 2017 | 39

Calls for UK.gov's tax digitisation plans to be put on the back burner

Timetable 'unachievable'. Now, where have we heard that one before?

Legal16 Jan 2017 | 14