This call for evidence, issued by the Cabinet Office, provided an opportunity for LITRG to highlight how HMRC deals with debt (including tax credit debt) and to offer some suggestions for improvement, and to also call for consistency when dealing with debt across all government departments.
We are regularly contacted by members of the public via these websites with questions about their financial affairs – relating to tax and welfare benefits (including state pension entitlement). We are also often asked about pension savings and how decisions relating to these can affect tax and ...
LITRG welcomes the opportunity to respond to HMRC’s call for evidence on tackling disguised remuneration tax avoidance.
LITRG has commented on draft legislation which allows HMRC to issue a statutory information request to banks and other financial institutions without the approval of either the taxpayer or a tribunal. HMRC will also be able to issue ‘information notices’ for the purposes of tax debt collection, in ...
We are regularly contacted by members of the public via our websites with questions about their tax affairs. These contacts reflect how most unrepresented taxpayers try hard to get their tax affairs right, but sometimes fail because of confusion (so they inadvertently get things wrong) or lack of ...
LITRG has responded to the Government’s consultation on increasing HMRC’s civil information powers. The consultation focuses on the procedures around issuing third party notices, which currently require approval from either the taxpayer or an independent tribunal. HMRC are concerned that obtaining ...