Thursday 28 March 2019

A Million Yet To Comply


The Telegraph reports that over a million self-employed people have yet to comply with new tax rules just one week before the deadline and could face fines if they refuse to sign up.

From April 1, the Government’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) rules will force 1.2 million small business owners with a turnover above the £85,000 VAT threshold to keep all records digitally and submit them to HMRC using approved software.

However, only around 70,000 have signed up so far, according to HMRC (6%).


Leaving things to the last minute is of course very human. However, methinks many of these people will miss the deadline.

Tax does have to be taxing.

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Tuesday 26 March 2019

HMRC's Online IHT Service Has Died


Tax does have to be taxing.

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Monday 25 March 2019

HMRC Extends Transitional Simplified Procedures

HMRC is extending arrangements already announced for traders to use Transitional Simplified Procedures (TSP) which will make importing easier. This includes:
  • an extension of the date when the first supplementary customs declarations must be submitted, and any import duties must be paid, to 4 October 2019, with subsequent declarations submitted monthly
  • making TSP available at all UK ports if the UK leaves the EU without a deal


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Thursday 21 March 2019

A Poem For World Poetry Day


There is a phone box in Parliament Street,
Where once a lady showed more than her feet,
She made herself bare,
Whilst out on a dare,
But she was filled with dread,
When rumours were spread,
Though her boss was stout,
He lost his clout,
Amidst much trepidation and fear,
Lover boy was thrown out on his ear.

Tax does have to be taxing.

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HMRC Disappointed With Lorraine Kelly Ruling


Lorraine Kelly has won an appeal against HMRC over a £1.2m tax bill, after a judge ruled she was not employed by ITV, but performs as her "chatty" TV persona.

Kelly received the national insurance and income tax bill from HMRC in 2016.

HMRC claimed that she was an ITV employee, but she said she was a freelancer.

The judge ruled in Kelly's favour that she was a "self-employed star".

The BBC reports that the case centres on a contract that Kelly signed in 2012 - through a company she runs with her husband - to present Lorraine, as well as her former show Daybreak which ended in 2014 when Good Morning Britain was relaunched.

Four years later, she was sent a bill of nearly £900,000 in income tax and more than £300,000 in national insurance contributions.

Kelly appealed against tax authority HMRC, and the case was heard by the first-tier tax tribunal.

Judge Jennifer Dean ruled that the relationship that Kelly had with ITV "was a contract for services and not that of employer and employee".

The tribunal found that Kelly did not receive staff benefits such as holiday or sick pay and was allowed to carry out other work.

The judge said that Kelly could be classed as a "theatrical artist", which would mean any payments to an agent would be allowed as a tax-deductible expense.

Judge Dean said:
"We did not accept that Ms Kelly simply appeared as herself - we were satisfied that Ms Kelly presents a persona of herself, she presents herself as a brand and that is the brand ITV sought when engaging her.

All parts of the show are a performance, the act being to perform the role of a friendly, chatty and fun personality.

Quite simply put, the programmes are entertaining, Ms Kelly is entertaining and the 'DNA' referred to is the personality, performance, the 'Lorraine Kelly' brand that is brought to the programmes.

We should make clear we do not doubt that Ms Kelly is an entertaining lady but the point is that for the time Ms Kelly is contracted to perform live on air she is public 'Lorraine Kelly'.

She may not like the guest she interviews, she may not like the food she eats, she may not like the film she viewed but that is where the performance lies."

A spokesman for HMRC said it was "disappointed" with the ruling.
"We will carefully consider the outcome of the tribunal before deciding whether to appeal."
Hey Hoh, the show must go on!


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Wednesday 20 March 2019

FOI Request re Lesley Dooley MBE and Denise Bradley

FYI to read the FOI request please click the link.

The public display of the FOI has been removed by the What Do They Know site because it names people. Notwithstanding this, the request still has been sent to HMRC.

Tax does have to be taxing.

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Tuesday 19 March 2019

HMRC Is Losing The Plot

This of course is HMRC attempting to spread some positive propaganda about the loan charge to journalists, in the hope that the media then pass on the propaganda to the taxpayers.

Doesn't seem to have worked as HMRC intended thusfar!

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Monday 18 March 2019

No Further Mandation of MTD Before 2021


As per AccountancyAge:
"Hammond’s written response referenced an earlier promise not to extend the mandation of MTD to any new taxes or businesses until the MTDfV system has been shown to work well, and not before 2021 at the earliest."
Given Brexit and many other issues facing HMRC, this rare display of commonsense is hardly surprising!


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Friday 15 March 2019

Thompson Denies "Customer" Suicides

Source here

Tax does have to be taxing.

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Thursday 7 March 2019

If Looks Could Kill...



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Tuesday 5 March 2019

Missing Counter Avoidance Files - DataGate II ?


Rumours appear to swirling on the net that back in 2014 there was a "mini" DataGate (DataGate II) in HMRC relating to lost counter avoidance files.

In the public interest I have submitted an FOI, which you may read here.

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Monday 4 March 2019

"Scams For Scumbags" To Appeal Against HMRC


The Guardian reports that Ingenious, the investment firm that persuaded celebrities, sports stars and business leaders to invest in controversial film partnership schemes will today launch an appeal against HMRC that could cost  HMRC up to £1bn.

Stars from the worlds of sport and entertainment, including David Beckham, Ant and Dec and Jeremy Paxman, are among those who put money into investment schemes run by the Ingenious Group, a financing company that funded more than 60 films including Avatar and Brooklyn.

In what is set to be the longest tax tribunal appeal ever, Ingenious will fight to overturn the court’s decision that HMRC was correct in deciding that the investments should not give rise to tax relief for their investors.

Ingenious, which said it was offering legitimate investment in the film industry, has been accused by HMRC of tax avoidance (which is perfectly legal), with a former HMRC boss (David Hartnett) describing its schemes as “scams for scumbags”.

An estimated £620m worth of tax relief was claimed by investors, which, combined with interest, means £1bn is at stake if HMRC loses the case.

Tax does have to be taxing.

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Friday 1 March 2019

HMRC 20 Years Too Late



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Mel Visits Bristol



Tax does have to be taxing.

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