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Tax office taking longer to take your phone call
HMRC's five-minute response target almost missed, and its 10-minute waiting volume almost exceeded.
Aug 29, 2018 | Money NewsTaxman pays 41,000 people to be HMRC informers
Bounty payments totalling almost £350k go to people HMRC says should keep quiet.
Aug 28, 2018 | Money NewsDigital tax account documents ‘provide clarity’
VAT traders handed fresh guidance on what they’ll need to do from April 2019.
Aug 24, 2018 | Money NewsPoker tournament winner with a criminal past loses it all to HMRC
A once asset-poor fraudster who couldn't pay gets his newly won chip-stack taken away.
Aug 22, 2018 | Money NewsMPs call to bring self-employed under pension auto-enrolment
Tax returns tabled as the means to automatically deduct a small income percentage for your retirement.
Aug 13, 2018 | Money News'Soft landing' for digital tax accounts endorsed
Traders won’t be fined for first 12 months and will be allowed to ‘cut and paste’ – HMRC.
Jul 30, 2018 | Money NewsFreelancers to vent VAT issues
A tell-all survey on Value Added Tax even has room for Brexit, MTD and IR35.
Jul 29, 2018 | Money NewsFreelancers' Questions: When do I need to make a payment on account?
Sounds like an eavesdropping freelancer needs to pay HMRC, and soon.
Jul 23, 2018 | Money NewsPeterborough tops late-paying cities table
Freelancers in and around a few Midlands cities tend to get paid later than anywhere else.
Jul 17, 2018 | Money News'Taxman likes to litigate, even in the face of defeat'
Even where its odds are poor, a revenue-led HMRC will still likely see you in court.
Jul 8, 2018 | Money NewsVAT-man hit for inability to say ‘yes, you’re right’
Officials not talking straight is adding to uncertainty for traders trying hard.
Jul 3, 2018 | Money NewsFreelance creatives to have their say on invoices
Survey says it’s heard the horror stories about being paid late -- now it wants the truth.
Jul 2, 2018 | Money NewsUnpaid invoice? I wouldn’t ask me, Small Business Commissioner admits
A 'candid' late payment tsar reveals success is still in single figures, despite him being operational for eight months.
Jun 19, 2018 | Money NewsView VAT threshold cut as last resort, officials told
'And even then, what with Brexit, MTD and IR35 reform looming, it needs conditions.'
Jun 19, 2018 | Money NewsLowering the VAT threshold 'would deter self-employed'
The ceiling for when VAT applies should be higher than today's £85,000, says IPSE.
Jun 10, 2018 | Money NewsFreelancers warned over £1,000 allowances
Be ‘very careful’ not to spark an HMRC investigation, dual income taxpayers told.
Jun 7, 2018 | Money NewsFreelancers' Questions: Can I get paid into a bank account in my home country?
‘More straightforward if the client pays in the country they’re in, and you’re from.’
May 23, 2018 | Money NewsTaxman’s debt collector spend surges by 500%
Steep rise in HMRC’s use of its potentially ‘unfair, uncontrolled, gloves-off’ agents.
May 15, 2018 | Money NewsMPs make Universal Credit ‘freelancer-friendly’
A ‘creaking system’ penalising the self-employed is being re-jigged to be ‘pro-business.’
May 14, 2018 | Money NewsDigital tax accounts delayed – for individuals
Brexit puts the full rollout of HMRC’s digital revolution on ‘pause.’
May 7, 2018 | Money NewsBoost freelancer pensions with 30% bonus, says RSA
Flat-rate treatment for all, including sole traders, hailed as too big a prize to ignore.
Apr 23, 2018 | Money NewsFreelance body welcomes ease in inflation
Relief for some self-employed could be wiped out if long journeys loom.
Apr 19, 2018 | Money NewsRSA unveils boosters to freelancers’ retirement security
New report reveals how to shore up the self-employed’s poor pension provision.
Apr 18, 2018 | Money NewsFreelancers' Questions: Is my overtime rate being unfairly calculated?
‘Don’t get hung up on how your agent tots up time-and-a- half, or do and find another.’
Feb 12, 2018 | Money NewsTax returns prove too much for 746,000 self-assessors
Deadline, what deadline? Droves are still to settle up, and staring at £100 fines.
Feb 9, 2018 | Money NewsLate payments tsar to get tough, 'if need be'
'Three strikes and you're out' approach mooted by the small business commissioner.
Jan 31, 2018 | Money NewsSmall business gets £100 tax penalty cancelled
Not being a 'flesh and blood human being' is why the taxman has come unstuck.
Jan 30, 2018 | Money NewsTaxpayers fob off HMRC with alien accounts
Or at least they’re trying to, alongside claims about vertigo, rabbits and a Glasgow nightclub.
Jan 24, 2018 | Money NewsFreelancers' Questions: Which taxes do sole traders pay this month?
Expert previews what an accountant is going to suggest paying before January 31st.
Jan 16, 2018 | Money NewsFour in 10 freelancers hope to retire before their sixties
Day rates look decent enough for almost half the self-employed to stop work before pension age.
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